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/r/pics/comments/7quq4i/when_you_have_money_and_legos_but_no_talent/
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[
"Is this the new Death Star set?",
"Millennium falcon I believe",
"Ah the rubble of Alderon set. Nice."
] | 3 |
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When you have money and Legos but no talent
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/r/pics/comments/7quqm9/when_you_dont_have_money_or_legos/
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[
"Hahaha it happens 😂",
"deleted ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^0.6236 [^^^What ^^^is ^^^this?](https://pastebin.com/FcrFs94k/90114)",
"Or thumbs",
"The next post in this series is just Father Jack dragging his brick around shouting \"I LOVE MY BRICK\". ",
"Let's talk about homeboy's hand for a minute. What is going on here? Is this really distorted, or does this guy have some sort of an issue?",
"Hehe I have big long hands",
"should write a /s on the rock lmao",
"I would play with that Falcon for freaking hours man. Brings back good Poor person memories.",
"Rockington?\nIs that you?",
"Thats no moon. "
] | 10 |
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When you don't have money or Legos
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/r/pics/comments/7quu6k/thought_i_looked_cute_in_this_might_delet_later/
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[
"5/7 imo",
"jeffrey dahmer face",
"What's for lunch?",
"his favorite band is Disturbed, because he's Downs with the sickness. ",
"Agreed. Perfection. ",
"Pre coffee face, I have that every morning.",
"[How 'bout Asian?](http://www.nytimes.com/1991/08/26/us/officer-defends-giving-boy-back-to-dahmer.html)",
"/u/K3rnal_sand3rs, thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule I - No screenshots. This includes pictures of screens and photos where the interest is the contents of a screen.\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/K3rnal_sand3rs&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7quu6k/thought_i_looked_cute_in_this_might_delet_later/?context=10\\))"
] | 8 |
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Thought i looked cute in this, might delet later
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/r/pics/comments/7quufq/when_you_just_realized_you_made_your_last_alimony/
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[
"the cirrhosis is strong with this one",
"I have 33 months left and I count every month as I wrote the check. ",
"maybe its not all booze, but a tumor?",
"His belly is so disproportionate, it’s scary.",
"When you've never done a sit-up in your life.",
"Can someone photoshop him with a normal size belly?",
"Save time: find a woman you hate, and buy her a house.\n"
] | 7 |
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When you just realized you made your last alimony payment.
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/r/pics/comments/7quuhn/maisie_on_the_throne/
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[
"Weird. I see no one on the throne.",
"[FeelsGoodMan](https://i.imgur.com/gnzISWn.gifv)",
"Figured it would end up this way, just expected her to be a little more pale.",
"That throne does not hold up well to direct lighting. Looks like rubbery garbage. ",
"Some foreshadowing perhaps. ",
"Well, now I'll never be able to unsee it. ",
"The book throne is supposed to actually be made out of swords to the point where you'd cut yourself badly if you sat the wrong way.\n\nPretty sure that'd be an OSHA violation",
"To be fair, GoT is set in ancient times before lighting existed.",
"Should be episode 6?",
"She’s got Margaery mouth going on in this photo",
"Another no name sits on the throne",
"No One for king, 2019.",
"I think it's a throne replica that they set up [at GOT public events](https://imgur.com/KaKfs3D)",
"Her smile is saying \"Yeah, I killed everyone.\"",
"did someone drive a steamroller on her head ",
"Ew.",
"Series finale is cerci on the throne and then she pulls off the mask to reveal Arya. ",
"More like seeing this guarantees in my mind she'll never be there.",
"NOPE. John Cena.",
"Nope. Chuck Tes...\nWait, are we still doing that",
"[Spoilers](https://m.popkey.co/1c450c/kM51j.gif)",
"The original concept of the thrown was to be very tall so that you climbed a full staircase of steps just to sit upon it.",
"Phrasing",
"game of thrones is full of great eyebrows",
"an untraditional beauty to be certain",
"Something something sit on my throne any day something...",
"I see that John Bradley is just as awkward in real life as he acts on the show.",
"She left one wolf alive.",
"She quit that cult! She doesn't serve that god anymore! (And that's why she should watch her back. Her master may have let her go but I'm not sure that the God of Many Faces is so forgiving.) ",
"[Or perhaps not.](http://images4.fanpop.com/image/photos/20100000/Game-of-Thrones-game-of-thrones-20131987-1280-800.jpg)",
"If anyone bothers to get down here and is curious, check the comment history of this one to step inside the mind of someone who appears to be legitimately crazy. ",
"But the dress... I want.",
"You took the words right outta my fingertips",
"SPOILER ALERT!",
"Her face... her mask",
"Also your fingers had sword points sticking up between them if you rested them on the arms. ",
"Yeah the original version is [much better](https://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--HqERqjRn--/c_scale,f_auto,fl_progressive,q_80,w_800/18td2uanp4qtajpg.jpg)",
"Thank you! This is what I was thinking.",
"Oh hell yeah, the book talks about how with every micro movement the sitter can expect a scratch or poke.",
"GRRM has said himself that this is exactly how he imagined it, even down to it being lopsided.",
"most of his posts are in million dollar extreme. its a comedy group, and the reddit sub is parody.",
"Plot twist ",
"Those pants, though.",
"Yep, u/Cat_Waffles is fucking nuts.",
"i see a girl, she just has no name",
"Ah a fellow whovian!",
"Those are authentic [Hammer pants!](https://youtu.be/otCpCn0l4Wo?t=1m56s)",
"I’d suddenly feel a need to stick something with the pointy end...",
"That flash-bulb is doing the Lord's work!",
"Soon...",
"Foreshadowing? ;)",
"I think that’s just called a smirk.",
"She grew up to be quite cute and yet still tall enough to pass as a kid. I'm not sure how to feel about myself.",
"Exactly what I was thinking. So much nostalgia in those pants.\n\nThat sounded really wrong, yet there’s really nothing to actually raise an eyebrow at in that sentence... meh. I’ll leave it.",
"Yay! I can call her hot now!",
"Arya's character has become so one dimensional. Such a disappointment. I used to love her character, but now I can't stand her.",
"It's beautiful!!! WANT. ",
"Wow. I dig it",
"I'm going in\n\nEdit: underwhelming. Basically just posts in a sub that is essentially 4chan specifically for racist white 12 year olds. And seems to be Canadian",
"She looks like a clone of the former. ",
"Or Arya being sadly forced to play a recently-killed ally or family member to hold things together.",
"Bah bah na na! Bah Nah Nah Nah!",
"And then another mask and it's the caretaker and he says \"And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it weren't for you meddling kids ...\"",
"YES",
"Spoiler Alert!",
"I adore this actress and her character, but can’t decide if I think she is beautiful or kinda funny looking. ",
"Its hard not to like her.",
"Yes please.",
"Yeah, that would work.",
"I think this bodes ill for Arya. You either win the game of thrones or...",
"The girl has no name.",
"Foreshadowing?",
"This is exactly what will happen I've thought so since Arya gained the faceless ability ",
"nice",
"Beautiful because she's kinda funny lookin",
"That throne is so stupid. Why would you want a chair made of knives? To inflict a thousand cuts on your ass?\n",
"Ah I can see you are a man of culture as well",
"nah man. That sounds REALLY right. Especially without context. I should steal it for a song lyric. ",
"Such an ugly woman, looks like Sid from Ice Age and someone with downs had a child. ",
"These comments won't get creepy at all. ",
"So if you scooch over or reajust youd slice you ass off like deli meat?",
"[Remember Jennifer Grey?](https://surgeryvip.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Jennifer-Grey-Before-and-After-Photos.jpg)\n\nSome actresses are beautiful *because* they're funny looking.",
"Oh look. It's a tiny hands internet bully. That's new.",
"\"Alright, who left this wet patch on the throne?\" \n\n\"No one...\"\n\n",
"Omfg spoiler alert please\n\n^^^^^^^jk",
"that is grim but now that I think of it I can totally see John Snow rolling off of Dani and pulling off a mask to reveal Arya.",
"Her name is ~~Robert Paulson~~ Maisie Williams.",
"Hot.",
"is he wrong tho?",
"The power of makeup.",
"Did Kwai Chang Caine quit being a Shaolin monk when he left the temple? Why on earth do you think she quit? She graduated summa cum laude. ",
"Anyone else think GoT is garbage? ",
"No, but I think people who go into threads thinking \"Oh man, here's a bunch of people celebrating something they love, I better go shit on it!\" are garbage.",
"Kind of, yeah. It symbolizes many things, including the fact that ruling should never be comfortable. The King who forged it felt that \"no ruler should ever sit upon the throne carelessly, just as they must not rule carelessly.\"",
"It was the swords made from his enemies or something like that.",
"Reminds me of Natalie Dormer.",
"LOLLLz",
"Would be awesome, but I'd expect her to die given the show's track record.",
"\"Man Jon Snow gets to marry Ygritte, but Gilly won't return any of my texts. I thought being famous would make this easier. Even Sansa is macking on a girl out of her league. I'll just stand here and hope nobody notices I'm dead inside.\" - Sam",
"So now we just have to stop her from fucking up her face and career. ",
"The differently colored hilts all stand out to look like stylized dildos",
"Would she have to wear his penis too?",
"Or the other way around. ",
"I refer to her as \"Boobsmirk O'Houlihan\", when I can't remember her name. My friends always know who I mean.",
"Right, but the God of Many Face ordered her to kill someone. She didn't kill that person. She instead killed the god's own servant & then fled. I think it could be a nice touch if that beloved character, Arya, gets hunted down by her former master for refusing to do what she was ordered to do. She used the god's magic but she did not serve him. I don't think the God of Many Faces is the forgiving type, like, \"Oh go ahead & use my masks Arya, sure. I don't need faces for my temple. I'm just a sucker god.\" ",
"Maisie kills the GoT universe. Not Arya, Maisie",
"You obviously have never read the books or paid attention to the show.",
"A girl is not ready.",
"Wow! She looks exquisitely lovely there. Maybe not the queen we want or the queen we need but... oh hell, just make it happen.",
"I can't imagine that Joffrey or some of his predecessors **doesn't** order blacksmith to make this pile of rusty crap comfortable to sit.",
"The one true queen",
"Seriously. Not a good work environment. We need some legislation to tackle this issue. ",
"She’s my favorite. Both the character and the actress. \n\nWhile the rest of the Starks were getting sold raped and stabbed Arya was Murdering every enemy in her path to become an agent death itself. \n\n",
"ANOTHER HAND TOUCHES THE BEACON",
"MDE is sketch comedy for morons.",
"I thought the master always said the Many Faced God.",
"The point is it's iconic. Don't be a dick.",
"Maybe it was. There are too many episodes for me to remember such details. ",
"All major characters dead. Janitor Bob assumes the throne. He looks out the window to see a giant meteor hit. Fade to black. ",
"I don’t think a smirk can be classified as “iconic.” It’s a feature, sure, but hardly an icon. I’m not trying to be a dick.",
"cool opinion."
] | 124 |
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Maisie on the Throne.
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/r/pics/comments/7quw1s/new_york_city_1944/
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[
"Great photo.",
"From a Zeppelin parked at the Empire State Building?",
"Compare thid to a ohoto of Berlin or Tokyo from 1938, and wonder how they ever thought they would win the war with no knowledge of the bomb.",
"This is the open credits of Law and Order...\n\n(Chung Chung)"
] | 4 |
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New York City, 1944
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/r/pics/comments/7quwq8/winter_in_the_south/
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[
"Butter, milk, eggs. Check. ",
"shut the city down... we are not equipped to handle this dusting of frozen moisture",
"/u/LostInTheAttic, thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule I - No screenshots. This includes pictures of screens and photos where the interest is the contents of a screen.\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/LostInTheAttic&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7quwq8/winter_in_the_south/?context=10\\))"
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Winter in the South.
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/r/pics/comments/7quz3a/looks_like_someone_wasnt_prepared_for_the_snow/
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[
"The perfect saying for times like this... Shit happens!",
"Lalala...oops",
"The ghostbusters?",
"lol, is that a muffler stuck on the sign?",
"It’s pretty much the entire exhaust lol"
] | 5 |
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Looks like someone wasn’t prepared for the snow!
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/r/pics/comments/7qv0r2/the_shadow_of_a_mountain_when_the_sun_is_lower/
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[
"Looks more like the eye of Sauron ",
"Almost definitely Mount Rainier, for those interested.",
"Mt Hood?",
"As /u/cerealdaemon said, it's Mount Rainier."
] | 4 |
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The shadow of a mountain when the sun is lower than the clouds
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/r/pics/comments/7qv1nw/when_all_you_have_is_google_maps/
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[
"I live in the same county as this school. Also, how old is this now?",
"Millennium high school?",
"Is this a high school in PA? I think my cousins went here.",
"/u/Launchbay07, thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule I - No screenshots. This includes pictures of screens and photos where the interest is the contents of a screen.\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/Launchbay07&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qv1nw/when_all_you_have_is_google_maps/?context=10\\))"
] | 4 |
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When all you have is Google maps
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/r/pics/comments/7qv1yd/when_you_dont_have_anything/
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[
"Looks like you got some sand. Anakin would hate that.",
"And good weather! And it also looks like a sand close to some water... That's something!\n\nOP, you have so much...",
"And a finger, toe, stick, or...... something else to draw in the sand with!"
] | 3 |
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When you don't have anything.
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/r/pics/comments/7qv2a3/im_in_this_picture_if_you_look_hard_enough/
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"Ah. There you are. Sorta meta.",
"Pictureception",
"That guy needs to get that dirt of his shoulder"
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I'm in this picture if you look hard enough!
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/r/pics/comments/7qv6sc/locale_golden_corral_in_ohio/
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[
"Can you imagine if you ate Golden Corral every day? Smoking would actually seem healthy by comparison.",
"What if they bring lunch? ",
"Whole lot of illegal here. Paid 15 min breaks are required and how many you get depends on how long your shift is. you should print up the department of labor sheets and put it up next to that. If you dont eat he cant doc your pay.",
"Well you would be nice and regular, that's for sure. Every time I've ever eaten at a golden corral I have paid for it dearly. It has a worse effect on me than taco Bell.",
"Contact the labor board , Gary is going to get the shit sued out of him and more than likely lose his franchise . In fact right after you contact the Labor Board send the Golden Corral home office this.\nOhio Labor board phone number (614) 644-2239.\n\n\nlink to the website http://www.ohio.gov/working/rights/",
"Oh one other thing few people know if your boss refuses to let you use the restroom or counts the number of times you go that falls under sexual harassment in most states \"Gary\" just seems like the kind of guy to do that.\nOh and one other thing in the break room for all to see does he have that handy little OSHA poster .... because if not ...well sucks to be \"Gary\" ",
".\n"
] | 7 |
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Locale golden corral in Ohio
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/r/pics/comments/7qv7jg/the_falls/
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[
"Where is this at?",
"Wichita Falls, TX",
"I knew that looked familiar. My wife is from there and I have seen that falls once off hwy 287.. or 278... "
] | 3 |
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The Falls
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/r/pics/comments/7qvafw/happy_place/
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"My pole when I landed a huge fish😅",
"*pole",
"Stupid auto correct "
] | 3 |
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Happy place
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/r/pics/comments/7qvba1/when_you_have_no_money_no_legos_not_even_a_smoke/
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[
"Well, this ship is better than others. At least it's useful.",
"Is that hotdog stuffed crust? Why does it look like you dropped it??? Dominos will make you a new one free if you drop it the have carry out insurance ",
"You poor mfker",
"looks incredibad",
"That looks inedible......",
"What is on that pizza? Corn?",
"You’re a genius. ",
"\"Yeah, I need a large mushroom, onion, ham with extra cheese.\"\n\n\"Will there be anything else?\"\n\n\"Uhm, yeah. Fold that into the shape of the Millennium Falcon, and may the force be with you.\"\n\n\"Got it. Your total is $15.96.\"",
"Also concerned about the hotdog.",
"I can't speak for the hot dog stuffed crust pizza, but it appears OP was making the pizza in the shape of the Millenium Falcon.",
"I would march back to dominos ",
"This must be australia or something with the weird hotdog crust.\n",
"Don't worry. It was probably dead when they baked it.",
"Ham solo",
"what the fuck is that\n",
"Hot dog crust? You sicken me",
"That does not look appetizing.",
"Moof milker?",
"If you really don't have a smoke detector, I will mail you one.",
"no smoke detector? Better follow the reheat instructions word for word man ",
"IS that a hotdog in the crust? WTF?",
"A gift card is equal to money when presented at the prescribed establishment... OP, as always... is a liar! 😢",
"Is..is that hotdog crust? The fk...",
"Came here to ask that too, so gross...",
"Seriously, the fuck?",
"Do they actually sell hot dog crusts or did you customize your pizza yourself you fucking animal?",
"Are... Are those beans on your pizza? And a hotdog wtf",
"Really.",
"What shape is that? Did Did dominoes kick it all the way to your door?!"
] | 31 |
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When you have no money... no Legos... not even a smoke alarm... but a Dominoes gift card
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/r/pics/comments/7qvc0d/when_you_have_no_legos_and_no_monies/
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[
"Iiiiii’m pretty sure that’s not the symbol for “millennium falcon”..... pretty sure. ",
"This is a shocker! I did not see that coming!",
"That's \"Two in the pink, one in the stink.\"\n\n"
] | 3 |
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When you have no legos and no monies
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/r/pics/comments/7qvc7v/magical_moment/
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[
"wow, thats one of the best photographs i've ever seen",
"[Here](https://i.imgur.com/yPASSzA.jpg) is a higher quality version of this image. Credit to the photographer, Karen Heslinga (aka karen_ claudio_ on Instagram - but without the extra space before the \"c\"), who provided the following caption:\n\n> Another foggy day Another pond Another lonely swan I don't know what it is, but in many different ways there displays a swan in my picture. This one came out of the blue, I did'nt see him at all..\n\n> 4:47pm 01/14/2018",
"That's magical",
"Beautiful shot.",
"\"Hoooonk!\" \n- swan",
"It better turn into a princess.",
"Odette!?!?",
"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/C0QzpqqJVYI/hqdefault.jpg",
"Looks like the cover to a fairy tale book.",
"\"didn't see him...\"\n\nWhat? Of course you did. Swans don't just appear in your photographic composition magically. ",
"perfect shot!",
"Very nice photo. Invokes a nice relaxing feel to it. But I don't get how this r/pics submission is anti-Trump. ",
"How can I get this image turned into a framed wall photo. Who do I need to get permission from ?",
"Nah man, look at how invisible that bright white swan is on that dark, starkly contrasting background! In fact, if I hadnt read that comment, I never would've seen the brightest thing in the picture. ^/s",
"That magical moment before the swan makes a right hand turn and ruins your day.",
"Stop looking at me swan!",
"Almost didnt see Slenderman. Once you see it...",
"Gay pride march all by himself.",
"amazing click ",
"Mazzy Star album cover IRL. "
] | 20 |
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Magical Moment
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/r/pics/comments/7qvei3/when_you_have_money_and_no_legos/
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[
"Chill. ",
"It's np. I love Legos too. ",
"Isn't there a guy out there that made a full size version in his back yard out if plywood and stuff?",
"If there is, he's my hero. ",
"What the fuck is up with these? Who likes these? Why did you do this? "
] | 5 |
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When you have money... And no Legos
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/r/pics/comments/7qvewp/a_better_design_version_of_kim_kardashian_trash/
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[
"One thing is missing: the dumpster should be on fire.",
"Doesn't get much trashier than a dumpster with Kim Kardashian written on it.",
"Does she at least call them 'Kartrashians'?"
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A better design version of Kim Kardashian trash bins
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/r/pics/comments/7qvf1o/a_gamer_for_life/
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"His hand is turning into a lizard",
"D3?",
"Hell ya!"
] | 3 |
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A gamer for life
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http://i.imgur.com/uWiVhdc.jpg
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/r/pics/comments/7qvfd9/the_fur_pattern_on_this_leopard/
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[
"The perspective is so confusing I thought it had very short and chubby legs ",
"Don't think that's a Leopard. ",
"It's called the [Clouded Leopard](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clouded_leopard).",
"Looks like a snek skin",
"The spots have the perfect shading to look three-dimensional, like craters. I assume this pattern causes perspective confusion for prey. Nature is crazy."
] | 5 |
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The fur pattern on this leopard
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/r/pics/comments/7qvgfp/alcoholism_a_sketch/
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[
"This was inspired by a pretty picture I saw from @visothkakvei that was all pretty like with beautiful foliage, but all I could think was \"this would be 'better' if it was a bottomless pit of empty bottles,\" and so I drew that...\n",
"At the bottom, Kraken.",
"Kraken rum!",
"Plz mail to me so I can hang it up. Thanks. ",
"This picture is pretty deep. I struggled with alcoholism for a big chunk of my life. Went to treatment and worked the steps. I wouldn't be here if I didn't do that.",
"\"Can you guess the number of bottles in this sketch? Winner gets free liquor for life!\"",
"Glad you made it out of that lifestyle. I'm not there yet, but surviving it.",
"I don't drink but I went to an AA meeting once and got a lot out of it. Some of the stuff they live by can help people who aren't even alcoholics. So much inspiration in those rooms. I saw all demographics..from bums to lawyers.",
"'It's bottles all the way down.'\n\n~ William Jameson",
"Any tips for how to achieve that style as someone who's recreated it pretty spot on?",
"I was about to call you out for reposting and telling you to fuck off for being a karma whore. This is nice though, and actually fits the theme better.",
"It's very intricate detail oriented work that takes a lot of time. Even if you're using someone else's work for inspiration. [Here](https://imgur.com/a/4hGgm) is my work in progress album.\n\nAs an alcoholic, it wasn't an easy task to do. When I'm sober, I get really shaky, so drawing a straight line becomes a task in and of itself. So I drew most of this with just enough alcohol to not shake. But at the same time, I didn't want to get *too* drunk and screw it all up. I did the final shading sober, because a little shakiness wouldn't hurt that so much. \n\nThe artist I drew from is way beyond my skill level, but I still like my interpretation of his or her work. I was inspired to draw something when it had been years since I created anything new.",
"Yeah, I thought the original work was amazing, but I just saw something more poignant and ominous in my mind that I tried to put on paper.",
"Haha, don't know why you're getting downvoted so much. Maybe peeps thought you meant the original copy? If I ever start selling prints of my work online, I'll link you a copy.",
"Deep.",
"You've reminded me of pottery painting in rehab - I discovered that I was blessed with the steadiest hand in the group (not an artist by any stretch) and would get requests to paint the eyes on angels, puppies, cats, etc. It felt good to contribute, one pupil at a time, when I really didn't have much of anything. \n\nAnyhow, best of luck with things. Msg about the drink if you need.",
"I quit last year. I was a real professional. I could really feel the toll the pint or so of whisky a day was taking. (average, I always mixed it up.) \n\nI had gout, major relationship problems and hangovers, ugh my life was a hang over. But I bought the ticket and took the ride good or bad. I loved it, romanticized it, planned meals and gatherings around it. \n\nBut gradually I wanted to quit then couldn't, physical or mentally. It took another 2 years and a broken marriage to finally get it together.\n\nI miss it sometimes now but use weed and sleep properly and rarely get hungover from pot. \n\nI would keep drinking if one or two was enough but its never enough for me.",
"\"I loved it, romanticized it, planned meals and gatherings around it.\"\n\nYeah, shit, I understand this so much. I keep thinking that I need to stop drinking, and then the next day I'm right back at the store buying more... \"I'll quit next week/month!\"\n\nNothing good is coming from this, so many people in my family and circle of friends have died from this...\n\nOne or two was never enough for me either. I remember the first couple of times I drank with my friends and watching them get loopy after a couple. \n\nNever worked for me, I try so hard for oblivion... And I've succeeded in that, every day. \n\nBut I know, truly, that no good will ever come from this...",
"Nice drawing. I haven't seen the picture you mention referencing, but for me the bottomless pit would have just one tiny bottle of whiskey, precariously perched on the edge.\n\n(18 years. It gets better, but not before it proves to be the hardest thing you've ever done)",
"Good on you mate. I work in a hospital with liver patients, and that's enough to frighten me of drinking regularly. I'd hope that if I ever started to feel like I had to drink to get through a day, I could be as brave as you. ",
"I don't know where you live, or your situation, but can you get medical help any way? Tremor is (as most people know) a sign of withdrawal, and where I work, we'd be considering giving you lorazepam to help avoid seizures. Often diazepam is used, but we work with damaged livers, and loraz is nicer to them. ",
"The abyss, the shit abyss",
"It's still baller work and the fact that you struggled/fought with your addiction to create a piece of commentary on it is hella artistic. Kudos and thanks to you, mate.",
"I live in MO, and I don't currently have insurance or an income, so I'm pretty boned if I want help. \n\nThe last time I went to the ER to try to get help I had insurance and a job and still got hit with a $4k bill. \n\nApparently when you tell the hospital you're an alcoholic they decide to run *every* test on you (bloodwork, a CT scan, that weird fluid level thingie). The RN there straight up told me that being dehydrated from alcoholism is called something different from normal dehydration, so they can charge more for it. \n\nI'd rather just taper down on my own the next time I try to quit and hope for the best. \n\nI mean, I do fear a WD seizure (I've seen what one looks like in person), but I've been cutting my vodka drinks way down with water lately and drinking them slower. I feel a lot less shaky sober today than I usually do. I might try to go *one* day sober and see what happens.",
"Taking shots of 190 proof everclear is at the bottom. ",
"I thought is was shots of 190 proof everclear ",
"Price is Right rules?"
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[
"Then the day came when the whole gutter just seemingly unzipped off the house!!",
"Nah, If I don't take the downspout off in the winter it fills up with ice and expands. I learned that after I had to replace the first one due to the same thing.",
"I was thinking the weight of the icicle might overcome the fasteners holding the gutter onto the house. I don’t know anything about ice really though. Ice happens here and it’s like Armageddon, haha",
"Not to put too fine a point on it - but it looks more like the \"father\" of icicles...just sayin'",
"There is no gutter there. It's just a hole in the roof where the water falls.",
"Ohh, gotcha!"
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I have the mother of all icicles hanging off my house again. Sometimes this thing grows to the ground. I shall keep an eye on it.
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[
"You know I get this way after writing hundreds of cover letters. Best thing to do is interview for sure.",
"Terrible lol",
"That's true, I didn't ask for a cover letter because I know a lot of people just copy and paste it. I rather just ask a question, sometimes they answer my questions with the cover letter they've been copying and pasting",
"People who apply to a lot of jobs probably are dying for an interview. It may suck if they didn't get it but I'm sure they would appreciate it. May be something you'd ask just to see what they say."
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Would you hire him/her?
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[
"This is the old Cincinnati Library. It was originally an opera house. In the 1950s it was relocated to another building, and this one was knocked down. ",
"i mean who needs OSHA rite",
"I like it. ",
"I want to go to there.",
"This seems like what a library in a Tony Hawk game would look like.",
"Grinding for days ",
"This looks so unsafe and awesome.",
"I can smell it.",
"It's too bad no one in Ohio reads.",
"Currently housed on a thumb drive",
"Is this a thing?",
"I love watching How Did I Get Here!?",
"Is it just me, or is that safety rail behind him dangerously low. ",
"the dude does look 7 ft tall",
"From ohio can confirm this is true ",
"I wanted to view this nice picture, but I couldn’t get past your user name ",
"r/oldschoolcool",
"Stay away from the coffee machine!"
] | 19 |
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The Cincinnati Library in the early 1900s
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"Cocaine is a helluva drug...",
"I guess he really took his cock out in public and wont be arrested for it...\n",
"So that’s how the chicken crossed the road...."
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Just a man walking his.....Chicken??? WTF did i just see???
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[
"My favorite eagle just awsome",
"I think that thing would kick the bald eagle’s ass",
"Ah yes, the [mythological creature](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qsc33/extremely_rare_the_harpy_eagle_is_actually/) I have read about.",
"extremely rare greek bird",
"Harpies are enormous and intimidating in person.\n\nThe Philippine Eagle is largest in terms of length and wing surface, but Harpy Eagles and [Stellar's Sea Eagle](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Haliaeetus_pelagicus%2C_Rausu%2C_Hokkaido%2C_Japan.jpg) are heavier.\n\nHarpy and Philippine Eagles are sort of an ecological equivalent---both adapted to grabbing monkeys/small mammals and reptiles out of rainforest trees. A good example of convergent evolution.",
"Yeah but this thing looks like lord Voldemort in Eagle form",
"great info added to the repost",
"It's extremely rare in Greece at least. ",
"That video has been through some rough times.",
"Does he tell me what my next quest is, or does he only give me hints?",
"So rare that they don't exist in Greece. [Their entire range.](http://imgur.com/zsH7xVK.jpg)\n\nAlthough the confusion is probably coming from the method in which they were named.\n\n\"The scientific and common names of this species come from the Greek word, harpe, referring to a bird of prey that was written about by many Greek scholars, and may also be correlated with the mythological harpies who were winged creatures with extremely sharp claws, a woman's face, and a vulture's body.\"",
"It is not \"considered\" a mythological creature. Who comes up with this shit?\n\nIt is named after a mythological creature.",
"My favorite eagle.\n\nFor Jeff Corwin, probably not so much: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyewFt3aeBY",
"Harpy Eagles are my absolute favourite bird. They are the uncontested apex predator in the treetops of the rainforests that they reside in and the most powerful raptor in the Western hemisphere. They can take sloths and howler monkeys without effort and their talons are the strongest of any eagle. They are one of the largest eagles on Earth but are still agile enough to move through the dense trees of the rainforest.\n\nThey are also great parents. [Here is a gif of a Harpy dad coming swooping in to protect his chick from the a raging storm](https://streamable.com/fp9ce)\n\n[Here is mom feeding that same chick](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IelqV6IgYYY&feature=youtu.be&list=PLbI535UFO9JyFomD1JNdf9zeo3omc-gP6)\n\n[And another gif](https://gfycat.com/AssuredDapperDodo)\n\nAll of these come from the [Harpy cam](info.perunature.com/harpycam) which is just amazing! \n\nI myself was lucky to see one in the flesh in the Colombian Pacific lowland jungles and let me tell you that it was an amazing sight. Adrenaline was rushing through me. \n\n",
"Could have used him when I had to defeat that dragon to gain access to that secret underworld city I shouldn't have just mentioned.",
"That dad and chick clip is some gold footage. \n\nReminds me of how big the trees get down there.",
"Yeah it's awesome, isn't it? I read a while back that when rearing their chicks Harpy parents will hunt further from the nest than they normally would so that when the chick is grown up and ready to hunt there will be ample prey nearby the nest for it to practice hunting on, but I can't find the source now.\n\nu/iamnotburgerking might know something",
"He looks like Samwise from LOTR",
"This thing looks like it was created by Ray Harryhousen!",
"It was a joke but I appreciate the nuggets of info you gave me :) knowledge is a wonderful thing!",
"Cool. Who's the guy on the right?",
"A BBC documentary on this species showed them ranging afield to bring back monkeys rather than hunting the ones near the nest, and the fledgling later observing the monkeys that were left alone. ",
"...And, by the look in that bird’s eye, the winds that attend Ragnarok. ",
"Don't make nuggets out of harpy eagles.",
"The eagle is definitely posing for this picture.",
"Sorry dude, that's a baby Hippogryph",
"Looks made up like a jackalope ",
"How harpy is it?",
"I wish we could use these for Falconry in the USA. It would be nearly impossible to get one for that purpose. Hunting deer with this would be insane. ",
"Some small children & adults with dwarfism are about prey-size. ",
"-Favorite eagle or favorite eagle species? ",
"This kills the sloth.",
"eagle species.",
"How is it being Thomas Rhett’s brother?",
"TIL \"eagle\" is a loose descriptive term for big raptors & is not a phylogenic term, i.e. there are 60 eagle species but they're spread across different genera in the family Accipitridae (which includes hawks & Old World vultures among others).\n\nedit: And Philippine eagles have even bigger wingspans than Harpy eagles! ",
"sorry right meant like of things called eagles. also really like the Osprey which does not have eagle in so i get the distinctions. Should say of the raptors",
"Don't apologize. I wasn't correcting you. \n\nOspreys are in a different family from eagles & hawks, but they get called sea hawks. That's a problem with common-names: they're not always biologically accurate (like, there is a tree called hemlock which is very different from poison hemlock, & there are flowers called asters which are not in the genus *Aster*, etc.)",
"yeah i am fly fisher and people get confused same way with what's a trout, a salmons, char, graylings etc.",
"The Greek gods love them some Harpy nuggets though!",
"TIL trout are in three genera of the family Salmonidae & salmon are in two genera of that family. ",
"yep.",
"Wow that Stellar’s sea eagle is amazing!",
"A less insane title, but still, why are we reposting shit less than 12 hours after the original (or more than likely, previous repost)?",
"it was in jest to this [comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qsc33/extremely_rare_the_harpy_eagle_is_actually/dss1dhf/) and i thought it'd be buried by new content. this really makes me question reddit's algorithm with upvotes vs visibility. ",
"This picture was just posted this morning dude what the fuck",
"That beak would make Gavin Free sit up and take notice.",
"There's a name for people like you... Karma... Karma something. It's on the tip of my tongue",
"Im shameless. I have a long ass list of things I'm going to repost in the upcoming months. This is just the beginning. ",
"Fucking bless you for making this. Haha. My first start to finish Reddit callback.",
"That eagle super looks like it’s harbouring a grudge ",
"I don't have my glasses on and took a shit ton of zquil and at first glance this looked like Jar Jar's head on a giant bird body. That's enough reddit for one night. ",
"Majestic As Fuck",
"Buckbeak?",
"This bird needs a gig on Game of Thrones. ",
"He doesn’t look very harpy.",
"Come hang out with a couple at the Belize Zoo. You can even feed them mice!",
"It always blows my mind how big some eagles actually are.",
"Looks like a hippogriff from Harry Potter",
"Dang what level is that Pidgeot?",
"I'd like my Greek bird extremely rare. ",
"The side eye that bird is giving that hoomin indicates sudden and painful death in his near future.",
"dangerous one",
"Braviary! ",
"Jesus, what does it eat? Small children?",
"I’m convinced that when god made birds of prey it went like this \n\nGod: alright so let’s give it 3 inch razor sharp talons. The beat vision in the animal king. A can opener beak that can also crush bone...\n\nAngel: wait, stop\n\nGod: and let’s give them supersonic hearing then let’s make them able to fly at crazy high speeds with their massive wings. \n\nLike seriously. Nothing stops these animals. You can’t outrun them, owls can hear underground so you can burrow away, you can climb up high because they can fly, and you can’t run because they are faster. All in all, this bird looks dope af",
"I know you've got to keep it from flying away for the photo but are actual medieval shackles really necessary?",
"Harpy is lookin' sharpy",
"Updooted for an honest title.",
"/u/harpyeaglelove should know about this\n",
"I'm torn. I want to down vote this for being a repost and I want to down vote the other one for the stupid title, but the picture is cool so I want to up vote one of them 😭",
"That bird is definitely not. to. be. fucked. with!",
"Sad to see this one shackled in a tourist photo.",
"Here's a bird I would love to raise from a hatchling!!!",
"For shame. Maybe you should ask yourself \"What would Steve Buscemi do?\" For example, did you know he was a firefighter at ground zero after 9/11?",
"That til is already on my list, you'll be seeing me on front page with that in 2018",
"Here's a documentary on them too for anyone interested https://youtu.be/7fCu_f5eC9I\nEdit, here's a second one also https://youtu.be/hprf-K_2iq0",
"And it’s chained up",
"The fuck did I just read? TIL Greeks are from South America, and eagles are mythical creatures.",
"He ded. RIP unsuspecting tourist (1/8/18). We're gonna miss you.",
"Idiots on Reddit looking for a Karma grab.",
"You could have waited longer than 7 hours....\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qsc33/extremely_rare_the_harpy_eagle_is_actually/",
"whoosh!",
"no, you.",
"[yes, you](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qsc33/extremely_rare_the_harpy_eagle_is_actually/)",
"[yes, you](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qsc33/extremely_rare_the_harpy_eagle_is_actually/)",
"Ever realize that the part of a bird's arm that looks like a shoulder is actually their wrist, and they're all holding their hands up to their chests, like they're grabbing the collar of a shirt?",
"set it free",
"nice",
"Oh my god, that bird is *gorgeous*! ",
"Nothing like chaining up an apex predator from the Amazon to get few good selfies",
"That would scare the shit out of me if I saw that in the wild",
"Looks like a miniature Hippogriff. ",
"Attention all redditors who upvoted this picture: Please help make reddit a better place by downvoting [this post with the same title but a completely bullshit title about greek mythology](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qsc33/extremely_rare_the_harpy_eagle_is_actually/). It got 12k upvotes, but it deserves none. Together, we are strong. Together, we can bring back those 12k votes back down to zero.",
"They've even been known to snatch adult deer and caribou. I always found that fascinating.\n\nEdit: oops. Not caribou. Deer, but not caribou.",
"That's Golden Eagles I think. Not many caribou in the tropics.",
"What a beautiful bird. I didn't realize how tremendously big those birds are! \n",
"Yet.",
"Dont tell geralt he hunts harpys ",
"That's what Harry Potter Villains should use instead of owls",
"Did that other cunt get banned?",
"Nobody gives a fuck this bird is in chains and being exploited. Nobody gives a fuck he'll never get to be free again. ",
"did you just copy and paste the toprated comment from the other thread?",
"Hey, better we eat them than they eat us. ",
"no, it must've just been a coincidence. Not surprising I mean how many different comments can there really be?",
"Unidan, is that you?",
"Magnificent bird. Vaguely recall it being in an episode of Twilight Zone or something.",
"That’s a top tier eagle. Up there with The Monkey Eating Eagle for sure. ",
"the title to this thread is actually a copy paste from the other thread lol.",
">\"OMG, Falcon-senpai noticed me!!!!!! \n\nHarpy-chan",
"Buckbeak?",
"Wow!!",
"That thing will perch the HELL out of your arm!",
"Oh Yeah, deer. Not caribou. Just deer (and everything else their diet consists of)"
] | 115 |
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[
"Fantastic picture mate, really nice.",
"Thanks man!! Appreciated!",
"Right now there's some asshole scheming about how to turn those containers into really expensive housing.",
"It would make some decent architecture projets though! ",
"Careful. The older irobots are stored there.",
"The picture screams Tetris, great shot OP.",
"Mate mate mate, mate mate.",
"hahaha!",
"Thanks man!\n",
"Such a large-scale frame and pleasing square angles puts this as an eligible contender for a /r/AccidentalWesAnderson/ post, in my opinion. Great shot. :)",
"Real life 2048",
"You know those grocery store displays made of soda boxes? Someone should do that with shipping containers.",
"If this is actually your pic OP, you should know I'm gonna post this in a few subs. ",
"I am assuming the toaster I ordered is in the second orange box from the left and I should be receiving it in May.",
"the [Container Mall](https://www.google.co.nz/search?rlz=1C1WSCA_enNZ598NZ598&biw=1433&bih=891&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=qoJeWtC7G4Sm8QXix6KQBQ&q=container+mall+christchurch+new+zealand&oq=container+mall+christchurch+new+zealand) in Christchurch New Zealand\n\nSet up in a hurry as part of the earthquake rebuild",
"Looks like you have a speck of dust on your lens. Oh wait that’s a person.\n\nBut really, this is impressive.",
"When Tetris goes perfect.",
"I want you to rotate the picture ever so slightly so that the containers are at perfect angles.",
"wait nm",
"Reminds me of irobot",
"If you waited until summer you could have got another row in",
"Is this a smart phone puzzle? How do I play?",
"Tapped screen, yellow boxes didn't disappear and leave a power-up, 2/10. lol",
"Top row apparently was done on a Friday at 4",
"Tap to play.",
"exactly my initial thoughts.\n\n[RUN](http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FI6PrV1Hk1g/T0eFhoGgffI/AAAAAAAAEfs/Kt2eQoSmY0Q/s1600/i-robot-movie-screenshots23.jpg)",
"Anyone find a Kar 98?",
"r/fakealbumcovers ",
"The harbor master needs the red one on the bottom row. It's leaving port tonight.",
"TMYK\n\nIf you wanted, you could track that container's progress. However, these containers are empty. The owner of the container and a unique tracking number are printed on them. You can track where they've been using said owner's web site. These appear to be just a handful of the possibly millions of containers owned by MSC.",
"This is visually spectacular- and I don't know why - nice picture",
"...and then quickly tackled by Homeland security. Oh wait.....Canada. Nm",
"Let me just fulton them to mother base. I'm still short on fuel resources.",
"when mating takes place",
"I hate when you run all that way only to find the doors aren't open on either side. I just need a 4X.",
"How you get everything so straight? Like did you do post work to correct and straiten out the perspective or is this a particular lens from a particular distance?",
"/r/AccidentalWesAnderson ",
"I hate fighting at the shipping crates in Georgopol. ",
"Still amazes me how as a species we can move product like we do, making every day living more efficient for everyone.",
"8/8 I r8, m8.",
"Typical. [Some dick](http://i0.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/013/550/Tried_to_get_a_photo_of_our_proposal...nailed_it!_-_Imgur.jpg) walked into frame right as you were taking your shot.",
"They are cuddling together away from the door.",
"Really nice expensive lenses can sometimes take undistorted photos, however it’s typically corrected through photoshop, specifically in the camera raw filter where it pulls the photo inward to correct the distortion. Also, if you use the level feature in photoshops crop tool, you can decide which line to reference as level and the image will rotate so you have a nice flush image.",
"Those yellow boxes should disappear!",
"I don’t think I get the scale I need a banana",
"Beautiful picture. ",
"I like",
"Canadian Tetris...",
"This'd make one heck of a jigsaw puzzle - seriously! Great pic.",
"The vessel will be late. He will get in the morning. ",
"This would make such a good puzzle",
"Came here to recommend this sub to OP u/simonlachapelle",
"It’s a nice picture but as an engineer, I can’t get past the thought of the combined weight load the containers at the bottom are carrying. Also, I keep expecting a bunch of obsolete service robots to jump out of the things ala I Robot.",
"How’d you get on terminal?",
"And leased. Tex and Tal are container leasing companies ",
"It would be nice if MSC actually maintained their equipment. I swear their containers are the sketchiest and I've had to complain to our forwarders more than a handful of times about how unsafe they are. There's only so many patch jobs you can do before the thing is more plywood than steel.\n",
"Great picture OP. Were there any more stacked on top or just 6?\nDo you have a close up? I can't tell if they are interlocked or not. It seems like the corners do not have any locking mechanism.",
"_Almost_ r/AccidentalWesAnderson. Very visually pleasing picture, well done! Some of the best pictures are taken when y see beauty in something ordinary (or extraordinary) and just snap a picture of it.",
"When you fall Georgeopol but your friends fall Pochinki",
"it looks like a sketching ",
"ah geez... the french sure do like the colour yellow dont they. ",
"r/accidentalWesAnderson\nr/fakealbumcovers\n",
"How tall can the stack go before it starts crushing the bottom layers?",
"Say hi to Trent for me! ",
"What lens did you use to make it so even? ",
"Thanks for the new phone wallpaper",
"You could easily crosspost this to /r/AccidentalWesAnderson!\n\nEDIT: Aaaand I'm not even the first (or even second!) person to suggest this. Do it, OP!",
"Amazing shot, op.",
"Sad fact: Human trafficking can be seen in this photo",
"This would make an amazing puzzle",
"lame",
"How many units high can containers be stacked?",
"super capture, don't know why this is so satisfying to look at. Probably the color saturation, sharpness and with snow. Beautiful\noh and the scale of it 😀👍",
"Expecting to see Tinashe up in there.",
"Exactly what I was thinking.",
"I call fake news. Photo shopped - no graffiti, really dude?",
"Looks like a rubics cube pattern ",
"You know what's scarier? There's a small chance that humans are in there. Human trafficking is horrible.",
"A failed game of Tetris",
"What game is this?",
"Looks like a *winning* game of Tetris to me",
"Belle photo biggie",
"Montreal, not Toronto",
"Scrolling onto the photo, it looks like an aerial view from the original SimCity.",
"yeah, it's a pretty clean photo but I would be curious which route OP went",
"Nah, no one smuggles into Montreal.\n",
"This needs to become, like....a famous photograph, or something.",
"I am ASTOUNDED that container shipping does not result in more mixups. That much bulk freight and identical containers. It’s crazy to think about. ",
"Trump",
"Fulton extraction heaven",
"Why 2048?\n",
"r/accidentalwesanderson\n",
"Would look awesome as the background for a movie poster. ",
"Maybe just a telephoto lens? A high enough zoom makes everything orthographic.",
"Right out in the open, too :( all those shipping containers in the background - they could have easily chained this poor person inside one and we'd never know. It's like they just don't care if we know anymore :(",
"I miss Montreal hash",
"r/accidentalwesanderson",
"r/accidentalwesanderson",
"Stop trying to start shit dude",
"Tetris! 7k points. Worth it.",
"And that's when they needed the bottom middle box. #TransportLife",
"/r/itookapicture",
"Where's the banana for scale",
"The game 2048 it's a puzzle game with squares colored like the picture",
"Go watch some Wes Anderson films ",
"No, in Tetris if you fill a line it disappears. Then again that explains where things just vanish in shipping.",
"I really like it ",
"Have you seen any Wes Anderson movies?",
"Thought this was /r/PixelArt at first...",
"Wait weren’t the older robots good? I though it was the new robots were hacked or something and then beat the everliving shit out of the old robots ",
"The game, not the year. 😉",
"those girls really died in those cans, lieutenant ",
"Most people stack them ten high. When *I* stack them, though, they go up to eleven.",
"Not many regulations on those ports there in Canada eh? I’ve been to several ports in the US and Panama and you don’t get to get close to containers like that without working there.",
"super r/cyberpunk",
"I thought it was white?",
"Most prominent elements are color and symmetry- Wes Anderson loves to have lots of those in his films.",
"Hello my new favorite sub",
"(at least his later films)",
"I was gonna say Mega Man, lol.",
"Would the containers in the middle be slightly warmer to live in than the ones on the sides, top or bottom?",
"Ide give anything to open 50 random ones ",
"If he were to clean all of the snow off, then one of the Wilson brothers would magically appear.",
"Really great composition. I love the symmetry in the top two thirds and the natural curves towards the bottom. ",
"This is so nice to look at bravo mate ",
"Reminds me of the doc Manufactured Landscapes. About a photographer that spends time photographing industrial areas all over the world. In this doc he covers China and Bangladesh for a gallery opening. ...which means I love it.",
"Nice pic, I like it. ",
"I can’t contain myself!",
"Perfect place to high from zombies.",
"Yes you did",
"Blue crate in the corner: \" They'll never notice me bwahahaha\"",
"No man, why does every cool large framed brightly colorful photo have to be accidentalwesanderson. This is it's own thing. It's a beautiful photo. It feels disrespectful to the photographer. This is /u/simonlachapelle 's work, and just that. An amazing photo.",
"Really cool image. ",
"Why not real album cover? I can seriously see a band licensing the rights to use this",
"I get Wes Anderson vibes. :)",
"Slow down there McNulty,it wasn't a murder. It was just an accident!",
"You are correct",
"Something about this is just beautiful. ",
"As an engineer, wouldn't you know that shipping containers are engineered to distribute weight along and down specific load-bearing points like corners and edges? As an engineer and given your thoughts on shipping containers, what are your thoughts on skyscrapers?",
"Wonder what's in them shits\n",
"Right - there should be graffiti in both official languages.",
"Now send it to that guy who photoshops stuff for people and say \"can you fix this so the guy in blue isn't a problem?\"",
"I'm a writer, and one of my favorite exercises in college was getting a photo and writing a short story about it. It took me ten seconds to come up with a plot for this image. I'm a screenwriter too. If my idea for this photo gets turned into a film, you're going to get credit for it, friend. This is a great image. ",
"I reaaally wish this was a wider shot so I could make it my laptop’s background ;-;",
"r/HumanForScale",
"Added to my mobile wallpaper rotation",
"Where mating takes place",
"Buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo. ",
"Contreal.",
"Hapag-Lloyd all day son",
"Statistically speaking, there is probably a stolen car in one of those ",
"It depends on the equipment being used and whether they're empty/full -- generally a max of 5 high in the container yards I work in, but some newer RTGs are capable of up to 8 high I believe.",
"How do you know they are empty",
"Nice freezers. ",
"Why",
"That movement sprouted out of the need to find use for retired containers. ",
"It looks like a modern day behive and looks really beautiful. I would definitely give you credits for this. ",
"So dope",
"That's the world economy right there.",
"There are generally multiple failsafes built into the process -- multiple stages where container info is being verified and checked against master plans. ",
"Snake snake Oooo it's a snake.",
"PUBG | Winter",
"Shut up you egg",
"Periodic Table of Cargo",
"In the yard containers will just be stacked on top of each other freestanding -- twist-locks or \"stackers\" are used on vessels or on rail cars.",
"Omg Karen you can’t just ask someone why they’re straight ",
"Because it doesn't appear to be nested correctly at the anchor points in the corners of containers. The misalignment makes it seem rushed.",
"Looks like periodic table",
"I hate looting at Novo crates cuz I always get lost, so while I’m doing the houses my friend is like “oh tier 2 vest over here” and I’m sitting there vestless, decide to go in, and go to his location and he’s like “oh it’s back over there” and then I can’t find it cuz it’s on the top of the containers so I have to fucking find a way up, and then he calls out another tier 2 vest that’s on him and he’ll actually stay there so I run back to him and then the blue is here so we rush north only to get bridge stratted. Fuck Novo.",
"Ok which one has the good good",
"Badger badger badger badger badger badger ...\n",
"Wow. Very nice composition. Consider copyrighting if you haven’t already? This would make some nice prints. ",
"These are in Las Vegas too.",
"I think he meant why did you have to point that out",
"Prints for sale?",
"Dude, I would put that on my wall.",
"My fatass thought this was a candy bar at first smh",
"I've long thought-since I was a kid-how cool it would be to have shipping containers be the housing for a music venue.",
"Lmfao I've worked for both. I think this thread is hilarious! ",
"[Best I can do on such short notice](https://i.imgur.com/oaSxYKP.jpg)",
"There's that package I ordered from China two months ago in the blue container.",
"Msc.com is the site. Select track shipment put the 4 letters and 7 numbers in.\n\nSource: I do this every day.\n\nFun fact: msc pays no storage fees and often screws their vendors. If your package is coming from over seas on one of those boxes its going to move very slowly to you.",
"Mushroom mushroom! ",
"Foundmomo ",
"What game is this?",
"Well if there’s one thing I learned from The Wire..",
"Msc is a shit company. But they let you put freight on their boxes for cheap. Only reason people still use then. Maersk and haapag Lloyd are the best boxes around ",
"r/AccidentalWesAnderson",
"Looked at this picture and got chills. Excellent photo ",
"This is just the poster of a new Coen brothers movie.",
"No seals on them. If they were loaded they would have seals\n\nEdit: they are all also 20ft containers. You can tell by the 22g indicator below the box number. ",
"🍄🍄",
"This is where most of montreal's drugs come from.",
"It's a gif, and they do - just watch a bit longer, you'll see",
"Is this because they’re the lowest priority container?",
"Photoshop does a pretty good job of correcting for lens distortion, and will read the camera model from EXIF data to make an initial estimate.",
"Et ca doit représenter une infime partie des conteneurs qui y’a la bas.",
"I need the Tex container to be moved. Thanks",
"That would make a good puzzle ",
"Please, don’t joke about iRobot. \n\nWait, Christmas has passed. \n\nGreat joke mate!",
"Yes. My yard moves 500 boxes a week. Less than 5% are msc because no one wants to pull them. Hell we have 150 unusable msc boxes on pur yard because no one will go fix them because med doesnt pay their vendors ",
"MSC does pay storage fees, because storage is owed to the port/rail/trucker container yard. The ports/rails are essentially monopolized, and truckers could refuse to do business if a steamship line refused to pay storage fees. The ports/rails/truckers WILL collect - especially on the West Coast. \n\nMSC does not pay detention fees (you do not bill yourself for the use of your own containers ((except for instances where MSC subsidiaries are paying each other)).",
"I hope you call it “Cold Storage”.",
"Really get a Wes Anderson clip feel from it. Like he's walking by really fast while the camera just jumped out like 60 feet for the frame only to cut back in after he turns a corner",
"Awesome!",
"I feel like Novo always has garb, at least when I go looting there.",
"You think one of them has Valcheck’s surveillance van?",
"This is beautifully captured. The scale, layering and colors are really well done.",
"r/woahdude",
"All I saw initially was the title and top half of this image's thumbnail (only the containers) I thought it was an background image from an old 2D arcade game. Probably because I'm decently stoned, made for a neat effect.",
"Seriously or/s?",
"Good bot.",
"I work at a container yard. They literally dont pay us storage fees.\n\nEdit: I've also talked to people who work for msc. They literally brag how they dont pay storage fees. ",
"It's a grammatically correct sentence!",
"Thank you for this. I didn't know I needed this. Any other similar photography subredits I should know about.",
"Maybe those are the export containers?",
"So this is like Ali Express type shit? \n\n",
"T'as pris la shot de où? J'ai pas souvenir d'un endroit qui donne ce genre de vue",
"All joking a salad, I robot was a cool movie!",
"And it would be a good thing to find some use for them, but invariably the structures that emerge seem to cost more than conventionally built ones and have all the cachet of living in a dumpster.",
"Accidentalwesanderson - I would do the link to the sub if i knew how to link to a sub. halp. \nThough I know there are more capable redditors out there already onto it. ",
"Oh it's fine, there's a layer of snow to cushion everything.",
"As a person who teaches supply chain and logistics, this makes me feel happy",
"Yeah. Pretty much.",
"That's where Dr. Doom is stored in the 2005 Fantastic Four movie. Such a terrible movie. I saw it so many times because my gym had a movie theater room in it where you could exercise while watching movies. They played that movie all the time. ",
"No I'm retarded and didn't see it lol",
"And here's a picture of the MSC Matilde that brought (most of) that to Montreal:\n\nhttps://www.marinetraffic.com/en/photos/of/ships/shipid:412843/ship_name:MSC%20MATILDE#575486",
"Hey McNutty!",
"Lol my bad",
"I didn't realize Montreal had a port, time to open a map I suppose.",
"I oversee waste paper, scrap metal, and scrap plastic inspections that are shipped world-wide. We do many inspections in, and around, Montreal. I wonder if we inspected any of those containers. Maersk containers are fairly common.",
"You proved the point that I made about \"truckers could refuse to do business if a steamship line refused to pay storage fees,\" when you said:\n\nLess than 5% are msc because no one wants to pull them. med doesnt pay their vendors.\n\nEdit: Also, trucking companies are very likely to be run by individuals who don't care to charge storage, just so long as they get money for the prepulls, reworks, delivery fees and fuel; with a company as large as MSC, a preferred trucker is trying to move the containers faster, not store them in their yard.",
"Georgopol?",
"Notre-Dame, Eastern side? ",
"They can. But people still do. Truckers have nothing to do with storage fees. Msc also doesn't pay the truckers. The companies that use the containers pay the truckers. So it's up to them. But they usually pay shit because they are shit boxes with shit freight on them. Only cheap ass companies use msc boxes.",
"They run 24/7. It's misaligned because someone bumped it with another can. It's also not a problem. The stacks are so big it won't go anywhere. I pick stuff up from the ports every day. ",
"little peeks into worlds like this i know nothing about make me feel all warm inside",
"> Wait weren’t the older robots good?\n\nI'm sorry, my responses are limited. You must ask the right questions.",
"Good to know from a professional, I had a feeling they wouldn't leave it this way if it would pose a significant risk.",
"MSC pays truckers all of the time. In the majority of US shipments, MSC handles the dispatch of the containers into the truckers custody. The small fries that choose to do everything on their own would likely have the shit freight you are thinking about.",
"I like pictures like these. I dont know how to describe them but its cool when the whole shot is taken up by a similar repeating feature, like this https://imgur.com/B7FKKCR",
"Sure. Contact me on Instagram. @simonlachapelle ",
"Contact me on Instagram. @simonlachapelle ",
"Generally once the stacks are 4 containers wide they can take a beating. Each 40' weighs in at 4450kg empty (give or take 100kg by manufacturer) ",
"You can also tell it's 8.5 feet long and a dry container because of the G1",
"this is good picture, very!",
"I'm thinking bs. You need a pass only obtainable via working for a company that has business there to get within a few km. Probably just a container yard nearby like harbour link or something.",
"Yep MSC sucks but they’re cheap and when vendors are paying the freight it’s pretty much their call but I won’t put my employees at risk just to unload a container. Double O was pretty bad too last I used them too but that was years ago. We get a lot of Maersk cans too and those are generally fine. ",
"Coast 2000 in Richmond does 10 or 11 I believe.",
"So one 40 foot container weighs as much as four small trucks? A 2009 ranger is ~1090kg. That shouldn't surprise me but it seems like a lot, the bouyancy force of container ship hulls must be insane.",
"Yes and no. Tons of decent stuff ships on MSC. They have to be one of the biggest in the world. They haul all kinds of stuff, cheap and otherwise. They are not picky. That being said, they make their money cutting costs in concerning ways. ",
"r/accidentalwesandersen ",
"Fantastic pic",
"* r/AccidentalWesAndersen",
"Good God \n\nr/AccidentalWesAnderson",
"I delivered a 45' to port two weeks ago with 4 cars in it. The container I'm looking at rightmeow can hold a total max net weight of 28800kg. For a total gross of 32500kg. And has a tare of 3700kg. They're sturdy for sure. \n\nAnd yeah up close those ships are indescribably massive, if you ever get a chance to stand next to one give it a go.",
"Wow such a creative shot, definitely worth uploading to the Internet. Thanks for your work ",
"Thanks! No only 6. and I don't think they are interlocked.",
"Zeiss 16-35mm f/4. But corrected in post. ",
"Snaaaaaaake",
"Well it was after a snowstorm at - 20 Celcius on a Saturday so I guess nobody was looking for a photographer 😋",
"Nice shot!! Is this iphone camera?",
"Thanks. Nope a 4000$ camera with a 2000$ lens haha 😁",
"Woooowwwww....",
"I took the shot with a Sony zeiss 16-35 f/4 and I intentionally shot it wider to crop in post. I could also used a tilt shift lens. ",
"Yeah corrected using lightroom for this one! ",
"/r/itookapicture awesome photo ! ",
"Dang that’s wallpaper material right there!",
"I mean, what are you going to do to them? These may well be empty.\n\nI sincerely doubt that the regulations in Canada are very much different than the US, insofar as the shipping and rail industries between the US and Canada are very tightly integrated.\n\nThe yard that occasionally houses these things (potentially these specific ones, even) when they're empty is just down the road from me. I had a friend who went in to take pictures. Nobody seemed to mind. ",
"Is Black Sky in there? ",
"How does a company even function without laying their vendors? I’m sorry if that’s a stupid question but the furthest from my knowledge is that my uncle works with containers and that they are useful. ",
"For some reason I expect them to suddenly swing open with singers inside each container and an entire impromptu musical show being held right at the spot.",
"Thanks a bunch! ",
"Who's hurt you man?",
"Oh, indeed.",
"It's one of the oldest ports in North America.",
"A straddle will pick that up zero issues, but a twin stacker will have issues as the corner casts are hitched. I drove a container handler for a few years ",
"r/accidentalwesanderson",
"My yard we only went 5 high for the 40 footers as we only had one machine capable of doing 7, and we had enough space that 6 wasnt really needed. Most handlers that Im aware of can do 7 high (they can only physically stack 6 high, but a twin stacker can place one 6 high with one on top for 7 high). We used to go 6 high with 20 foot as all machines can do 6 high. ",
"Throwin up a w for my hamburg sud homeboy ",
"What camera??",
"My yard was totally open to the public as we had railway tracks at the back. We would have members of the public walk in the yard all the time. I would scream abuse at these idiots because I (as a driver) could kill someone without knowing. \n\nhttps://goo.gl/maps/3cxaX9ar13F2\n\nEdit. I don't know if that link works. But if you punch in specialised Containers Mowbray street Christchurch new Zealand you will see the yard. Tracks along the north and east ",
"I would use this as a phone wallpaper",
"I wonder what’s inside them?\nMaybe a bunch of lil crates.",
"Yeah I should have just said Adobe Suite!",
"Hey that's cool I work at the port of seattle so I ship those containers !",
"r/forbiddensnacks",
"This is amazing!",
"Now my new lockscreen wallpaper",
"Tomorrow is Union festival celebration so he will get it next week and the whole vessel must wait.",
"The shipping company I work for is not represented here. Feelsbadman ",
"That's what the Port of Brisbane thought too ....\n\nhttp://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-11-14/storm-cleanup-underway-south-east-qld/8022436",
"All I see is lots of insanely repetitive work to move those insanely boring containers. But nice pic! Lol",
"Images like this settle my soul ",
"Thats alot of cocaine leaking out of them",
"Got enough containers, mate?",
"Looks like walls from attack on Titan",
"Perfect iPhone wallpaper image! Needs a bit of adjusting to make the apps line up! ",
"Its a quality photo, would you accept a Photoshop request, i could add some fun edits or something. :)",
"Could have sworn in saw this photo today already. Clocked the username and realise I follow you in IG. Great picture man",
"The blue one in the lower right corner is what makes it art.",
"Would not walk past that 👀",
"Imagine if you got locked in one in the middle..",
"Looks like a still from a Wes Anderson movie. ",
"Those actually are [containers](https://imgur.com/gallery/mP7lG) that house unwanted and outdated robots. Will Smith should be around there as well! ",
"Tall not long ",
"A lot of people doesn't like that movie, I thought it was decent.",
"Old Port?",
"Selling a high res anywhere?\n\nEdit: a 16:9 crop of this with the dude right in the centre makes a [very nice phone wallpaper](https://imgur.com/a/VLqZf).",
"Looks like a poster for a Wes Anderson movie.",
"Which one is filled with heroin?",
"Pls Photoshop out guy in bottom. Much distract. Such bad",
"Long lens from far away. Tilt shift can help correct but won't completely eliminate pincussion.",
"r/fakealbumcovers",
"And somewhere in there is the 3rd Horcrux",
"That looks like a great zombie wall",
"I didn't realise Montreal was on the coast.",
"Thought it was some 8bit game till I saw what sub we were on, and the title. ",
"Hey I'm from Montreal! Love the pictures. Where was it taken? ",
">How does a company even function without laying their vendors?\n\nI know, right?",
"Someone elsewhere in the thread says they're empty.",
"How did you get into the port?",
"[looks like my economics textbook ](http://pearsoned.co.nz/titleimages/_amazon/9781447990673.jpg) ",
"What camera is it it looks really sharp and colorful ",
"With my luck I’d do all that work and it would be Luke. ",
"Thought this was an aerial picture until I saw the man and the snow.",
"That’s insane. Most ports are locked the fuck down with armed guards and whatnot because there is often hundreds of millions of dollars worth of inventory in a given port at all times. ",
"This would make a great cell phone background.",
"true",
"The disrespect is completely imagined then.",
"Can't wait to fulton all of these back to motherbase.",
"Wes Anderson is a filmmaker known for his well-produced and artful movies. There is a visual aesthetic that he is known for, and shots with wide frames, symmetry, moderately saturated colors, and varying levels of quirkiness tend to be classified as \"accidental Wes Anderson\". There's articles all over the place about his [color pallettes](https://airows.com/.image/t_share/MTMxNDU0OTQzMDQyNDY1NzYy/tumblr_nno75zvkjk1tvvqeko1_500jpg.jpg) or the way you can compose a [Wes Anderson photo](https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-achieve-a-Wes-Anderson-type-of-effect-in-photography)",
"A taller pic would make an awesome phone wallpaper.",
"Fantastic picture. Best wish for photographer .",
"No one smuggles out of Montreal either. You might as well just fly in.",
"Sony A7rIII and zeiss 16-35 f/4",
"So you steal people works to get some stupid internet points? Lol ",
"Risky click of the day",
"It's not. It's on the saint Lawrence River ",
"The crane operator is terrible at Tetris",
"2048?",
"If you can get like this kind of beautiful shots it worth its price. ",
"Oh yeah",
"Snake from MGSV drooling at the mouth somewhere ",
"We are just empties. ",
"He's coming, too? ",
"Bam. Geography.",
"Oo, oo! This is the best scene, right before all the doors burst open & those penguins do that song & dance number!",
"Ah that makes a lot more sense",
"Yeah, I guess I should've been the one who posted it to the sub and gotten the thousands of karma it's reaping... instead I get three downvotes lol",
"No they walk across the US border.",
"Yeah, sorry bro. I gave you mine if it makes you feel better. ",
"aren't you like 20 feet off the ground from this perspective? ",
"Nahh I shot wider and corrected the perspective in post!",
"If you stop by the local bar, tell them you want a shot and a beer on Frank Sobatka. ",
"Also no hard hat?.... might be one under that hoodie though",
"Depends if he's S rank or higher.",
"...and here's the catch the dude is already walking on the first row of containers!!\n",
"Are you a longshoreman? I work in the port of New York",
"Nop, I'm a photographer.",
"Nice shot !",
"Overwhelmed with feelings of “what’s in there”",
"Ouch, I got that reference.",
"I don’t see what this has to with bird porn.",
"nice thanks for the context",
"Isn't it a pascal normand?",
"No? ",
"Well. Pascal Normand takes identical photos. I have a picture on my wall. Do you know him?",
"Yeah I know who he is.. But I'd like to see which \"identical\" shot are you referring to! ",
"http://www.pascalnormand.com/categorie/originales\n\nAnd it's MTL II. \n\nNot identical. But the containers are. ",
"Lol ok! ",
"We're calling them incidents now, accident implies there's no one to blame.",
"I gave you credit",
"Not sure how to interpret your line of questioning. I’m not an expert in the construction of either shipping containers or skyscrapers. It sounds as though you are so I will defer to your assessment. I’m just in awe of how something so simple in design can be so deceptively strong. As an expert in the design of shipping containers and skyscrapers that you appear to be, what are your thoughts? Because you seem overly ineterested in mine. Or at least annoyed that I expressed an observation of shipping containers."
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"I have no idea why this would be downvoted.\n",
"Cute pupper",
"Yea named him BRUISER "
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My new roomie
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"Honestly, surprised he would even pass this one.",
"How do we know that is the test. Link for proof?",
"and yet it's an efficient test\n\n\n>A MoCA test validation study by Nasreddine in 2005 showed that the MoCA was a promising tool for detecting Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) and Early Alzheimer's disease compared with the well-known Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE).[1] However, it had been established that the MMSE is not well suited for mild cognitive impairment, which raises the question whether it is an adequate \"standard\" to compare performance with the MoCA.\n\n>According to the validation study, the sensitivity and specificity of the MoCA for detecting MCI were 90% and 87% respectively, compared with 18% and 100% respectively for the MMSE. Subsequent studies in other settings were less promising, though generally superior to the MMSE.\n\nOther studies have tested the MoCA on patients with Alzheimer's disease\n\n[Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montreal_Cognitive_Assessment)",
"/u/churningbutter, thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule I - No pictures with added/superimposed digital elements.\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/churningbutter&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qvpoh/this_is_the_cognitive_test_that_trumps_physician/?context=10\\))"
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"Where this? germany? austria? pls tell, ty",
"https://www.google.com/maps/@46.6369438,11.7211568,3a,49.2y,133.84h,100.14t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sJRoRDQYFblMya1Ad-UTXUw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656",
"Booo\n\nI was expecting a town made out of mountains!",
"Title gore ",
"I figured in the Dolomites... the only place in Austria I've been. Instead, it's in northern Italy, near Bressanone, which is the only place in Italy I've been (besides a quick detour to Rome)",
"damn, nice pull. I'll count it, since it's all part of Tyrol ",
"Looks like a great place to sell some loot and pick up a low-level quest.",
"There goes the baker with his tray, like always\nThe same old bread and rolls to sell\nEv'ry morning just the same\nSince the morning that we came\nTo this poor provincial town",
"I've always felt bad for that baker, working like a normal person and here comes Belle singing about how boring his work and his hometown are.",
"Northern Italy!",
"Omg I was here in September, the pictures could never do the beauty of this place justice. I've never smelled such fresh air. \n\nBut goddamn for such a tiny little nothing town the drivers sure were crazy.",
"The other guy here gave a great starting point but here is the closest you can get to where the actual picture was taken. It looks like it’s down the hill, off the road a bit. \n\nhttps://goo.gl/maps/ejgqaX1KcF82",
"I wondered how this could have street view since Austria has been notoriously \"fuck you\" about privacy. Forgot that South Tirol goes all the way down into Italy.\n",
"nice one",
"not sure what game, but it's definitely a tutorial zone.",
"*Just in time! The weeds are multiplying in our farm again! Here, Hero, take this shovel and help me restore my farm, watch out for the pesky wolves!*\n\nWeeds dug: 0/10 \nWolves killed: 0/15 \nExperience gained: 2",
"Ahhh, my motherland! I haven't explored northern Italy yet. It's high on my list.",
"Silvertown?"
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"That is so legit!! Fantastic idea and execution! &Congratz on the kiddo! ",
"Thanks! He just arrived 12 days ago and it's been so amazing!",
"Fuck, this is like my cardboard fantasy.",
"Put a high powered light or candle beside it.\n\nWell not really but what did you want to achieve with it? Just darken a corner of the room for sleeping?",
"Good to see a sprinkler right there. Still gotta be against code. ",
"Can I get “that’s a fire hazard” for $75?",
"Being flammable isn't enough to make something a fire hazard. It's not a fire hazard if it isn't near an ignition source. Just like drapes are not considered an inherent fire hazard. It's also in a position that is covered by 2 sets of sprinklers on either side.",
"Windows on both sides of it, and overhead lights already in position on both sides.",
"Sure, it’s only a kid. Might as well.",
"If you want to feel really super secure, and shut up people giving you crap, put a fire alarm on each side of the wall, literally attached to the cardboard. ",
"some progress pics\nhttps://imgur.com/a/GwYeg",
"Room for baby or room for HTC Vive?",
"The baby room is on the other side, the Vive playspace is on this side. So I guess kind of both.",
"Cool idea. I'd add a gap near one of the corners for ventilation though",
"Oh gawd...",
"Lame-o",
"There are vents on either side.",
"I wish the comments on it being a fire hazard would stop. It no more of a hazard than curtains or newspaper. I mean if you go around it to smoke, use a space heater or have a bbq. I think it was a cleaver idea. I mean the guy did say it was temporary. ",
"Great Job! Your baby will get a head start on dealing with air pollution! All that outgassed formaldehyde and volatile hydrocarbons from the glue in cardboard will go into the air and into those tender young lungs. Toughen them up while they're young, or die trying.",
"I am a chemist, and you are talking nonsense. Volatile hydrocarbons don't stick around (hence the term volatile) and neither does formaldehyde. Almost all of the formaldehyde and volatile hydrocarbons are gone by the time you purchase a cardboard box. These things are also only toxic in significant quantities and do not accumulate in humans. The glues used in cardboard boxes can be broken down by UV radiation to release additional unwanted compounds but there isn't a lot of UV radiation that could possibly get to the glue in this wall.",
"Cardboard burns easily, and curtains are usually made of burn resistant material. Im not following your newspaper reference since most people don't horde newspaper or build walls out of it.",
"Alright Alright Alright. You beat the fake chemist comment and you've done away with the fire hazard comments, and for christ sakes despite being a wall made of cardboard it looks **really** well built, but WHY, WHY do you need a wall?? ",
"When we decided on this apartment we didn't realize we were going to be having a baby so quickly (he ended up being conceived basically the day we moved in) and the apartment (though big) is loft style meaning it doesn't have separate rooms. Newborn babies need about 16 hours of sleep a day. In order that the baby be able to sleep without being disturbed by my wife or myself talking, doing chores, watching tv, or playing video games, we decided it would be nice to have a room with some degree of sound isolation. ",
"You fucking twat",
"Youv just put your baby into a flammable box ",
"You mean like a house?",
"Nailed it, thanks! good work cardboard man dad guy",
"Well you're certainly not an environmental chemist.\n\nChem Tip: children are fascinated by liquid mercury! Quicksilver is a great toy!",
"I forgot all your houses are made from timber!\n\nIf you lit a match you wouldnt be able to set your wall on fire \n\nThis on the other hand would go up in seconds",
"I have to wonder why go to the trouble of putting up cardboard when it's not that hard or expensive to do it right the first time with drywall and a fire rated door. But the fire hazard thing is a reflex with me since I was a firefigher/arson investigator for 35 years. I really am glad to see a sprinkler system and hope it's operational. "
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"Those two ladies could solve twice as many problems as their respective husbands in half the time.",
"What problems do you think a vapid model like Mel would solve?",
"Lol what a stupid take. ",
"Certainly not bullying",
"I mean, I dunno about half the time, but I agree with the twice as many problems bit.\n\nEdit: it’s a joke about Trump being stupid, or at least dumber than Melania. Well, mine is. ",
"I'm not sure why you think she could solve that. Nothing about her mental abilities or oratory abilities indicate she *can* solve or *influence* a solution, and nothing about her acceptance of her husband's behavior indicates she'd care.",
"Why do you say that Michelle Obama \"could solve twice as many problems\" as Barack?",
"Michelle has had it up to here with this shit.",
"I read in the Michael Wolff book that Trump increased his height to make it so that his BMI wouldn’t suggest he was obese.",
"Hes 300lbs. Bullshit hes 250 at 6.3",
"He can't even tell the truth on his height. ",
"That makes sense, because I’m 6’3” and ~250lbs and he looks larger than I do for sure. However, ideal BMI for 6’3” is like 185-190lbs and (if I remember correctly) he weighs ~235lbs. So, he’d still be way the fuck over BMI and 100% considered obese.\n\nEdit: I wish my weight were mostly muscle, but it’s definitely majority fat... I like junk food.",
"Old Donny lying about something to appeal to his failing ego? Well color me surprised!",
"k.... thanks?",
"His BMI is 29.9 and obese starts at 30. I'm sure there were some adjustments to make sure he fell just under 30.",
"9.5 Melania beside 4 Michelle",
"[The First Ladies' body language says a lot](https://imgur.com/a/By7cY) \n\n",
"lol luckily you can enjoy all the nude Melania photos you want too...",
"Yeah that formula doesn't work if you carry any significant amount of muscle mass. I'm 6' 3\" 210 and am overweight by that formula. I work out quite a bit and carry little boddy fat.",
"Trump's height stats are from back when he was involved with WWE.",
"9.5. Melania and he still pays a pornstar 130K for sex. Stand up guy there... ",
"Yeah, I’ve never liked (or generally cared about) the BMI, solely because it neglects muscle mass and generally makes no sense as an indicator of healthy weight, etc. ",
"[Trump's old driver's license](https://i.imgur.com/HAgskMD.png) has him at 6'2\".",
"Michelle's says, \"I'm a bitch\".",
"I mean bad posture is a very real possibility here. Slouching can easily knock off an inch or two of height.\n\n\nThe weight seems a bit suspect to me though",
"That's because it's supposed to work on a population level, not individual.",
"I'm really curious what obama actually thinks about trump, what he says to his wife after dealing with him.",
"Resting bitch face tends to net results quickly. ",
"Which about makes sense he'd be 6'1\" today, losing about 1\" with age.",
"good math bot",
"In this context that sounds like a compliment. She's a smart, successful, educated woman and she looks *pissed*. ",
"Trumps hair adds like three inches at least.",
"Which unfortunately makes the whole health report suspicious. \n\nDon't care that he's fat either. But don't lie so obviously about it. We can all see it. No way he's below 270lbs. ",
"\"honey, he's fucking scared. I'm so glad I didn't stop the Russians from putting this fool in power, we can now use this to fuck over the entire GOP for years after their racist tirades against me for 8 years. These assholes don't even know the 4D chess fucking that's about to come\"",
"Notice how you can't see their shoes in the photograph? I wouldn't be shocked if Obama was wearing those elevator shoes that were popular among young men of color back in the 70s.",
"Who cares? ",
"[Sponsored by Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/Secret-Tall-Instant-Shoe-Lifts/dp/B00BTHPKDA).",
"Lol you do enough to comment.......lol",
"If Trump weighs 239 (his announced weight today), then I'm the queen of Norway. ",
"I'm 6'2\" and just hit 300 (going down), he probably does weigh around 280, but not 300.",
"For broken scale ",
"So...",
"Not to mention the kid fucking",
"Got me there.",
"If you check out any previous President on their first election you will see they are pretty stiff and nervous. The Obama's looked nervous and anxious in their initial photos compared to GW and his wife in 2009.",
"\"If I weren't beautiful, do you think he'd be with me?\" Melania's response when asked if she married trump for the money. ",
"Well I'll be damned, her majesty made a Reddit account! ^^^/s",
"Obama's wearing high heels",
"I'm sure it's not the only thing he's artificially increased by at least 2 inches...",
"Why cut it off before the feet?",
"\"Man, he makes me look good.\"",
"Good bot, 0.27 bananas indeed!",
"I hate Trump as much as the next guy, but this is grasping at straws and only makes the left look petty and kinda gross. \n\nFirst off as you age you get shorter, this is a fact of life. Then you have to account for things like posture, and then shoes. On top of that we don't know where the 6'3\" figure comes from as his government issued driver's license says [6'2\"](https://i.imgur.com/HAgskMD.png) and he was listed in the WWE as [6'3\"](http://prowrestling.wikia.com/wiki/Donald_Trump)(the WWE is an acting gig, that figure doesn't have to be factual and you shouldn't have to be told that it isn't factual if it isn't). \n\nAnd before someone tells me how the Right or Trump or whoever cares about it realize that children can act like asses all they want; it is up to the adults to set an example. ",
"They don't measure you for your license, you just write it down on a form and they print it. I have no idea how tall the guy is, I'm just saying that doesn't mean anything. ",
"BURN",
"Maybe his super stable genius brain is weighing down his neck? To be, like, really smart, you must have a overly large (bigly) brain, right?",
"Good evening, Your Majesty!",
"Alright, that's enough now. ",
"A lot of malice in the comments. It must really suck to still be upset over the election results",
"I enjoy the fact that the WWE has our president listed.",
"Absolutely true, but I don’t think Trump carries any significant muscle mass.",
"His stature has shrunk in most people's opinion.",
"My old driver's license lists my eye color as brown. They're grey.",
"Those are imperial bananas. Are you making a political point?",
"Back to her glory days, Miss Ion Beach '97.",
"color me orange...",
"Is [being a co-star to a chimp](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zHN4vCfwh4) better or worse than staring on WWE?",
"It's a yuge brain. The best brain. The biggest brain. People come to me, they say \"I've never seen such a big beautiful brain.\" people all the time love to talk about how big trumps brain is. ",
"That doesn't really impact the narrative, though...",
"How does this \"derail OP's narrative\"? If anything it's pretty solid proof that Trump lied about his height. ",
"I didn’t know shi- could be stacked to 6’1” ",
"Well sir cunt im 260 and 6'1\" and i sure as hell dont look like that",
"It's just, you don't have to look far for more egregious lies than this. Heck, I'd bet they fudged his weight way more than his height.",
"You think OP made the photo?",
"Homo. But I can stand on tip-toe and lie to the bored DMV clerk, like anyone else.",
"Depends on the match up I would think.",
"Google it trump is 6 2",
"What a jive turkey!",
"The look on their faces makes me think that Obama is explaining some really really simple concept to him but Donald just doesn't get it.",
"If he is 6' tall his weight would make sense. He does not appear to be 6'3 in any picture next to someone around that height. ",
"Did he *really* get you though?\n\nI mean, I'm on PC, I can fire off some sarcastic comment in *seconds*, and then move on to another thread. It really doesn't require any *caring* at all, when you get right down to it.\n\nhmm",
"WH doctor listed him as 6\"3'.",
"\"Jesus Christ Donald, you put one foot in front of the other and each level is higher or lower and it helps you go up and down, do you really not know how STAIRS work??\"",
"Yes, BUT. Every time I've applied for/gotten a government-issued ID or driver's license, they just ASK. Like, I'm 5'11\" and could be writing that I'm 6'2\" because you can just write whatever the fuck you want. I also put down that I was 200 lbs but I'm pretty sure I haven't been 200 lbs for like... 40 lbs. Also, since I'm female, they just see a tall woman and go, \"HOW TALL ARE YOU?\" and I usually say I'm 6' instead of explaining that I'm 5'11\" and change but there boots have a little bit of a heel.",
"You can put whatever you want on your driver's licence in the US, they don't check it at all.\n\nFriend of mine wrote 5'10 on his, he isn't even 5'5.",
"Ya so on his government issued ID he said 6'2\" not 6'3\" so again this 6'3\" figure comes from an untrustworthy source(that has no reason to be trustworthy as it is an entertainment show). ",
"My renewal passport switched me to male instead of female. I didn't want to spend the time to send it back so just used it for about 7 years. Pretty sure a lot of TSA people thought I was transgender.",
"rrrrrreeeeeeeeeeeeee",
"That should be the new euphemism for lying.",
"ok sweetheart, just go back to jerking off in your moms basement please. ",
"hahaha triggered conservative snowflakes reeeeeeeeeeing themselves is the best. \n\n",
"No way he is 6'3\". [Jeb is 6'3\", Trump is clearly shorter.](http://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/160114224337-22-fox-biz-news-debate-candidates-super-169.jpg)\n",
"I'm 6'2\" and weigh 241lbs right now. Freely admit I'm in pisspoor shape but look nowhere close to as rotund as Trump. If he's taller than me and weighs less than me I'm Caligula.",
"275lb Trump standing next to 190lb Obama. ",
"You are welcome here.",
"When the president has to wear lifts just to look good with the new guy. /Sad",
"Those first ladies are no Spud Webb's either. ",
"Yeah, its says, \"It is 15 degrees Fahrenheit outside and I forgot to wear my leggings.\"",
"No. He just slightly hops every time someone takes a picture. Very subtle.",
"Shit\n\nyou wanted to say it, go all in and actually say it. Shit.",
"Or Obama wears wedges in his shoes to appear taller. ",
"Don't they just ask you how tall you are for your driver's license, though?",
"Trump wasn't standing on his bone spurs in this pic.",
"Aren't there more things to argue about than a man's height? Lol...",
"[Or Trump lies about his height](https://m.imgur.com/HAgskMD)",
"No you're right, I mean why would we worry about a WH that lies about something so simple as a man's height. Then of course that extra inch puts him out of the BMI for being obese, which then of course precludes the need to worry about the battery of health issues that come from that.\n\nBut yea, it's just a simple thing. ",
"Hail Caesar!",
"Melania + Michelle = 2(Barack + Donald)\n\nWhere Donald = 0\n\nI assumed it was a joke about Trump being a “stable genius.”",
"Why does Jeb's head look so fucking massive lmao",
"This mother fucker got his DMV picture taken *in a suit*.",
"You shoulda seen me rock that swimsuit in four-inch heels. ",
"Downvoted and reported for violating reddit rules.",
"you shrink as you age. If kinda silly how the jump over every lil thing the guy does. ",
"TIL I'm the same height as Obama.",
"that license is a fake: he has no class",
"Where are the Cheetoes?",
"That’s heal. He finally can go to Vietnam last year. ",
".....Okay I'll bite, what rule? ",
"WH doctor is a liar. ",
"Im sure they both go to the same parties and wear goat masks and shit. ",
"You're right, there are, but when the man himself is so petty that he blatantly lies about things like this, then why not?",
"Power suit",
"Click \"report\" -> \"This is abusive or harmful\" -> \"It's rude, vulgar or offensive\"",
"Who cares how tall he is anyway?",
"Don't forget the obvious: one guy is standing closer to the camera.",
"Dishonesty from one of the most powerful people in the world? Yeah, who needs to know if that guy can be trusted... It's not like anybody relies on him or the deals he is trying to make with the rest of the world, on behalf of 323 million people, based on a poor history.\n\nCome on, that guy should not be where he is.",
"How do you know this picture even reflects his height correctly? Maybe Barrack Obama had an inch or two on his shoes? You guys are ridiculous lmao",
"Just in case you are Caligula. Hail Ceasar. And can i have a pony.",
"Perspective. Same reason the picture doesn't actually show for sure.",
"Most men's shoes only have about an inch of sole, maybe slightly less. An inch extra would be crazy, but two inches extra on his shoes? Really? And you are calling us ridiculous?",
"It’s not about his actual height. It’s that he’ll lie about something easily verified and incredibly petty. ",
"are michelle and ivanka wearing 1 foot heels?",
"are michelle and ivanka wearing 1.57 bananas heels?",
"He's also clearly the dumbest.",
"Definitely not upstairs, that's for sure. ",
"I normally agree with you that the conversation needs to be elevated. No real change is going to come from name calling.\n\nBUT. The 6'3\" and 2xxlbs numbers are coming from a medical exam released today (not the WWE years ago). It becomes news worthy because if it seems plausible that the report is biased/influenced to give us a better picture of POTUS' health than is reality, then it calls into question the reliability of the cognitive exam that deems him in 'excellent health'.\n\nNot stating there's malfeasance or some sort of conspiracy, but that's one reason to talk about discrepancies in what we're told and what we see.",
"Michelle looking classy and interested as always! ",
"My old driver’s license lists me as a donor. I am dead inside.",
"There are a lot more people who think BMI doesn’t apply to them than there legitimately are. ",
"The world considering he has nuclear weapons at his fingertips and has such an inferiority complex that he lies about every aspect of his life. This is another lie that shows mental incompetence that hopefully wakes up enough republican lawmakers to work with democratic lawmakers to get this mentally ill person out of such a deadly position ",
"Shit 240 for anyone that’s not an athlete is pretty fucking bad. He fact they settled on such a high number means his real weight must be very very embarrassing. I bet he’s close to 280",
">racist tirades\n\n\nUh oh another person that thinks anything critical of Obama is because of the color of his skin",
"If he lies about his height he lies about it all. ",
"Milania is 5'11(as is michelle) and you'll notice they are also the same height. Assuming They are both wearing 3 inch heels, that would make Trump 6'2 which is the same as his drivers license. Obama seems taller as he's closer to the camera.",
"6'3? I didn't know they stacked shit that high?",
"Also isn't Melania 5'11\"? And she's wearing heels, and I've never seen her wear \"kitten\" heels, so those are probably like 3\", if not 4\", and she's still shorter than him in the pic in which Trump is presumably wearing standard 1-1.25\" mens heels.",
"My first driving permit had me at 6'9\". I don't remember why.",
"There is a very simple explanation; trump lies about just about everything including his height",
"Suck a dick.",
"Does that mean you know Helen Mirren?",
"Wouldn't this be his current driver's license if it doesn't expire until 2020? ",
"I am more curious if he ever mention the roast he did to Trump in 2011? Man imagine being the president roasting a guy in the White House with the press and years later you have to give the White House to that same guy.",
"Ted looks like his body is made from an upscaled GI Joe figure.",
"No if you are a woman on a dating site.",
"I think you mean Melania, not Ivanka, Ivanka is the daughter.",
"Yup. As much as I dislike Trump, I hate these kind of posts even more. Even worse when it's the media reporting it. \"Report finds Trump claims to be 6'3\" when he's really 6'1\"!!!\" Who the fuck cares. We know he's an insecure lying dumbass, but this is not news nor is it worthy of major attention. There are much more unsettling things happening with this administration then Trumps claimed height. ",
"Michelle Obama standing like me when in around my gf's dumbass friends. ",
"so he's not a meathead at least!",
"Pretty sure my drivers licence still says I'm like 5'6 and 110lbs from when I was 16.\n\nUnless you update it yourself, probably not going to change.",
"Face it. Obama's never coming back.",
"Who the fuck cares ? ",
"Oh look, another person that's more concerned with being called racist than condemning racism",
"Bad bot",
"Is it hilarious when internet coolguys reeeee? Or is it embarrassing? I'm still not sure! Either way, don't fucking do it!",
"Or obama uses high heels.",
"...are you by any chance 6'9\"? Because that would explain it.",
"To be fair, it's not like Obama \"had to give the White House\" to him. He was at his term limit, he was leaving anyway. Still must have been awkward for sure.",
"If this is true I'm fatter than Trump. I really need to work harder on my diet",
"But children can't vote or run for office. I agree with most of what you said but that last comment is stupid. If we have to give them a free pass on acting like children because that's just what they are and they can't change or act any better, then give them the fucking rights of children too.",
"Good bot",
"\"Get me the absolute fuck out of here!\" -Michelle Obama (internal voice)",
"I was \"grey\" instead of \"Greg\" and traveled on it for years. ",
"who gives a fuck bhahahah this is a sad subreddit",
"I didn't even know Greg was a colour",
"Also, old people shrink. Dude coulda been 6'3.",
"Is he 6'3\" before or after he [stands on his tippy toes?](https://youtu.be/WRNq8Ailo9c)",
"I'm with you. Hey, lefties like me, don't start sounding like the wackos we hate, ok?",
"It could just be posture. ",
"I'm 6'3\" actually. So if I were to stand next to Trump we'd either be the same height or I'd be taller.",
"> the left\n\n",
"Love Michael Obama's face in this. ",
"> it seems plausible that the report is biased/influenced \n\nNo, no it doesn't. The doctor is an Admiral in the Navy. He was appointed by Obama. He has professional standards to uphold. Seriously, when we on the left, who usually demonstrate far greater degrees of maturity and intelligence than the right wing nuts, start spewing conspiracy shit like you just did, then it is game over. We can not crawl in the muck with those plague-carrying vermin.",
"Bro, he just lifts, that's all.",
"It's not that they lied, it's that they led about something so demonstrably false.\n",
"I knew the Kenyan lied about his birth certificate from the day he was born, but I'll be damned that he even lied about his height. \n\n(sigh .. is the /s really necessary? )\n",
"That is irrelevant ",
"Godfuckingdammit I wish I were taller. 5'7ish...I can almost pull-off 5'9 thru sheer will-power! 6'3? M-fers.",
"You must be fun at parties. \n\nI hope you don't find that rude, vulgar or offensive, though. ",
"[https://i.imgur.com/YSDIGEi.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/YSDIGEi.jpg)",
"He clearly said, \"if\" and you definitely left it out of your quote. \n\nEven if I agree with your point. ",
"The 6’3” figure was measured on Friday. Supposedly, anyway. ",
"Spines contract with age and he does not stand perfectly straight.",
"You don't like Dijon Mustard either, do you?",
"With the practiced consistency of an experienced charlatan. Remember 1989, when Trump was known as \"The Junkbond King of New Jersey\"? Pepperidge Farms remembers.",
"Lol that's it. The libs have officially reached rock bottom.",
"Yeah, but what about his long form drivers license?",
"He has no attractive physical qualities",
"Whether or not Trump is technically obese is the same level of non-story as Obama's birth certificate nonsense, and constantly harping on it makes people just look stupid. Like you said, there are actual important stories to cover, not whether Trump is 2\" shorter than he says he is or if he eats pizza with a fork.",
"From what I searched, both Melania Trump and Michelle Obama are 5'11\".",
"Fuck, are you me?",
"6 foot 2 and 240 pounds here. Trump is a fat ass compared to me. Dude is at least 280. Fucking pathetic they lied about his weight by so much. ",
"He just claims he’s 6’e so he’s not considered “obese.” What a loser.",
"Having actually been 6'3 and 280lb, it's either higher or he isn't 6'3",
"Brains?",
"True, everyone here is comparing themselves to trump based on their height/weight. I’m a 5’2 woman and I’m 190lbs. Ask anyone and they’d tell you I look nothing more than 160ish. All based on muscle and where you store your fat (not saying I’m thin or healthy). I have very little stomach fat as compared to some girls my same height and weight that look like beached whales. ",
"Good Bot",
"My license says I’m 5-4, 5-9 was misinterpreted.",
"Hahahahaha holy shit the delusion is real ",
"SAD!",
"Have you ever seen him in anything else? (Other than golf clothes) ",
"You know that's a bot, right ",
"He is 70.....",
"you moms name was Ann....*chuckles* you used to put newspapers in your shoes",
"Excuse me, JEB!",
"As long as you don't have to deal with a police officer without a sense of humour then it's all good :)",
"So, anything in the genus homo",
"You're completely right, you got me. *Or did you?*",
"If you get shorter as you age, then he’s not 6’3 and he lied. He lies about literally everything. It’s actually quite amazing.",
"bad bot",
"I agree with you. But, look at all the other crazy stuff he has said/done to no effect. Pointing out stuff like this is simply poking fun at this point. And, I'm all for that when it comes to this guy's inflated ego. ",
"\"Man, he makes ME look good.\"",
"Hey, you’re Norwegian.....Trump would love you to immigrate to the US. ",
"Trumps not that tall...I work for an audio company and we did some of his pre election rallies. I was stationed back stage right by where he walked in and I remember that is what I was surprised about. I’m 5’10” and he was maybe my height but semmed shorter.",
"\"Sir it says here your listed height is 1'3?\"\n\n\"Ah that's my penis actually.\"",
"I used to work with a woman who was classified as over weight by our health insurance. When she told me that I was gobsmacked. She’s tall and muscular in that runner/biker way. Very fit, but based on numbers, she had to pay more in insurance premiums. ",
"Name isn't a color either.",
"At least they respect each others wives",
"Michelles contour tho ",
"Trump's a Milk Dud away from 3 bills, if not over.",
"I'm 6'3\" and I'm at 261 right now. An extra 20 lbs won't put me at Trump's lardy tennis ass. He's lying. So is his doctor. ",
"Wow she's got a bad case of the [bitchy resting face](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3v98CPXNiSk)",
"My dad used to be a legit 5'10-5'11, he's now shorter than me and I am 5'8. Pretty sure his license says 5'10 lol. Gravity + time = you shrinking. \n",
"Not when you are starting off in a shithole ",
"Thank you, Bot. ",
"Only if he is appointed consul to the Senate. ",
"Are you surprised people don’t like Trump?",
"He had no attractive physical qualities",
"Trump is like a short hockey player. He's 6'3 in skates wearing a helmet. Or he's just an insecure man child. One of those things. ",
"Old people slouch ",
"I'm 5'10\" and 238lbs and *I'm* nowhere near as fat as Trump.",
"http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/270/034/ded.jpg\n\nSexy",
"Here's a [full frame picture showing their shoes](http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/055c6c54c93830be120a69127a1132b22aa7f034/c=256-0-2915-1999&r=x393&c=520x390/local/-/media/2017/01/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636205138525334862-XXX-632198736.jpg), i.e. if Obama is wearing boots with heals and it gives a straight line to the top of their heads. There is no way Trump is 2 inches taller than President Obama. \n\n",
"Good bot",
"Thicc",
"Why is his date of birth obscured? It’s publicly available on Wikipedia.",
"looks like his tie was purchaed, and tied by somomeone who belives they are 6'3\". clearly he is mistaken. ",
"Their hands are about the same size. ",
"Bad bot",
"Fidelio",
"I only did a comparison, because I know my body fat percentage isn’t great all things considered and don’t have a ton of muscle mass these days—I assumed he was in about the same shape physically and therefore the comparison would be a bit better. However, he’s 70-something and I’m 27, so, ya know, take it with a grain of salt.",
"You should be banned from Reddit for\nThat.",
"Hahahaha, wow. This bot is crazy.",
"He wasn’t a terrible looking guy in his younger days. Edit: you motherfuckers hate blind, get a grip and come back to reality.",
"Obamas hate white people.",
"I like this bot. His tennis ass would weigh 33 lbs. How many bananas can we fit into his ass?",
"Holy shit people he's leaning. You also don't know what kind of shoes they have on. This is the most pathetic politics I have ever seen. Makes the left look super weak right now.\n\nEdit: For all you idiots, look at this [photo](https://media1.s-nbcnews.com/j/newscms/2018_01/2218006/ss-171108-trump-victory-one-year-mn-07_07579f4ede393a49d9e6ba009d3dba59.nbcnews-ux-2880-1000.jpg). Same shoot, but Trump looks to have an inch or two on Obama now that Obama is leaning. Take into account shoes and that the photographer looks to be a little closer to Obama, and no objective person would try to use these photos as evidence of some kind of height conspiracy theory. ",
"Nah, just a gay animal. Have you never met a furry?",
"So, Obama is wearing heals?",
"While true, I would be very surprised if Trump reported that he was shorter than he actually is.",
"Typical POS democrat. Shallow as fuck.",
"At Christmas, my cousin was saying that he's 5'9\". I'm 5'10\" and have at least 4 inches on him. His argument was, \"that's what it says on my driver's license!\" My response: \"your driver's license says whatever you told them!\"",
"O-B-E-S-E",
"Yep. Totally lied about my weight when I was fat.",
"Well, if aging makes you shorter, shouldn't he be even shorter by now than he was when this picture was taken?",
"Not to mention [this](https://youtu.be/XvgnOqcCYCM?t=83).",
"Give it a rest he is now the commander in chief. Can’t get any higher rank than that.\n\n",
"Not to be a dick but that’s really hard to buy",
"Wow. Racist much? Gregican Americans are people too. Sorry, uh, <other variations on theme deleted because cringe>",
"Also, people lose a bit of height with age.",
"71.",
"> Holy shit people he's leaning. \n\nYup, which would make Obama look *shorter.* Nice try.\n",
"So you honestly think Ronny Jackson, a Rear Admiral in the United States Navy, and the White House physician for at least two presidents (of different parties) who has no reason at all to be partisan, would go as far as to risk his job and license by committing malpractice in order to lie about the president's health for political gain? I mean, a picture taken from one angle must be irrefutable evidence that they're lying. It's surely impossible that Obama could be wearing shoes with thicker soles, or Trump could be slouching a bit. 100% proof. #heightgate\n\nEdit: he's also leaning to the side a bit. Surely that doesn't affect his height at all either. We also can't see feet, so we can't tell if both have feet flat on the ground. ",
"My neck doesn't look like a vagina when I put a suit on.",
"Oh bullshit. Just look at the damned picture. Posture my ass.",
"\"....And it says you have brown eyes?\"\n\n\"Well just the one, and it's my....you know what, never mind.\"",
"Who got top billing/paid more?",
"I’m 30lbs on top of you and if he’s less than me I’ll...well I’ll just keep eating this pizza.\n\nIt has pineapple on it. ^Come ^^at ^^^me.",
"Funniest comment on the thread as of my reading it. ",
"Draft dodger* FTFY",
"*okay* bot",
"The 6'3\" refers to circumference, not height.",
"\"Man, he makes me look GOOD.\"",
"Only in my dreams.",
"Would he really purposely understate his height? This is Donald J Trump. ",
"Chris Christie is The Penguin confirmed.",
"Ok",
"Normay. ",
"Michelle looks none too happy. Like she'd rather be any-fucking-where besides there.",
"He wishes it was Ivanka...",
"I think the photo clearly expresses what Michelle thinks of Trump. She doesn’t look very impressed.",
"Yeah, this is definitely true.\n\nI got my license at 16 when I was 5' 6ish and because I'm too lazy to change it my current license(I'm 30) still reads 5'6\" which I definitely am not lol.",
"Heels. ",
"I don’t follow him all that closely so you’ll have to forgive me.",
"Holy shit that baby-headed goofball makes everyone look like children.",
"what is 155 pounds in apples?",
"But they said he was as of a measurement on Friday. You don't see how this is still lying?",
"I'm sorry... Your Point?!!!",
"Looks like to be normal at 6'3 you need to be 148-200 lbs. The real question is: how can someone be 6'3 and 150 lbs and not be underweight",
"Well, spines are heavy and he doesn't have one...",
"I would almost guarantee he's close to 300. It's crazy how out of shape he is.",
"You know heigh fluctuates, right? Depending on time of the measurement, discs in the back will be more compressed, and obviously everyone doesn't stand up completely straight at the time, like one is liable to do when getting a height measurement. ",
"Increased his height..?",
"Seven millionaires in that picture, one properly tailored suit.",
"71 y/o Trump, beside 56 y/o Obama",
"Well, lied about his height.",
"Nah Brah, that shit's tasty.",
"You're right. My mistake. ",
"Damn politicians are tall as fuck",
"Are we counting from his shoes to the top of his scalp or to the top of his floofy wig?",
"Thats fat phobic!",
"Michelle looks so annoyed to have to be there lol",
"Chris Christie looks like he just ate 1000 donuts",
"Best thing I've seen all day I love you",
"Good bot?",
"So they're both 6'1 whoo",
"[Article II, Section 2, expressly designates the President as \"Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy of the United States, and of the Militia of the several States, when called into the actual Service of the United States.\" ](https://www.wdl.org/en/item/2708/)\n\nOh, and I’m sure all anti-Trump types would totally volunteer for the Vietnam draft. Cause, you know, they are totally patriotic and love the military and are super heroic manly types.\n\nRiiiiiight.",
"now im sad",
"(Puts on Republican goggles)\n\nHaha, look at libtard Obama wearing lifts to match the superior Trump Lord\n\n/S",
"So why would he say 6’2 if he’s 6’3? I don’t think even Trump is retarded enough to put himself shorter than he actually is. It’s 99.999% of the time the other way around. ",
"“How about Fletch?”\n\n\"He's actually 6'5\", with the afro 6'9\", pretty good dribbler.”",
"...The man has the hands of an Asian grandmother",
"Why are they all standing so weird",
"Yep. My old license said something like 80 pounds less than I was at the back then.\n\nedit: it still says the same, its just accurate now. ",
"I can't eat that many bananas...",
"Foremost, comparing the heights of the former and current president is hugely jejune. Nevertheless, Trump does appear taller in this photo, yet not obviously so. Not only is Trump in his sixties, and likely hunched, but Obama is clearly nearer the camera. Aside from the obscuring placement and posture of these two men, if you take a look at their shoes, you will see that Obama's have a heel, where Trump's look flat. ",
"Huh?",
"Congratulations on your edit!",
"Still a draft dodger. I on the other hand did enlist and serve my country unlike that traitor. ",
"Are you 70?",
"Bad bot. Go learn about significant digits.",
"That's some fine work you did there.",
"Jesus who gives a shit, we all know he's an idiot",
"Riiiiight.",
"Lol, is there any system he doesn't rig? Got to be nice to create the results you want to justify the way you live ALL. THE. TIME. He's like the most successful little boy that whines until he gets what he wants. ",
"The feet are cut out for a reason..Obama has heels on, here is the full pic \n http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/055c6c54c93830be120a69127a1132b22aa7f034/c=256-0-2915-1999&r=x393&c=520x390/local/-/media/2017/01/20/USATODAY/USATODAY/636205138525334862-XXX-632198736.jpg ",
"I got a small beer gut but I'm the same dimensions as Op and I look dimensionally proportionate in photos.",
"And 6'0 Melania and 5'10\" Michelle",
"Can I b-b-b-be Claudius?",
"Sure he did man",
"Yes, but converted to bananas? Robots deserve conversation too",
"Seriously, I think he just feels vindicated. Sure, there are people who still are drinking the MAGA kool aide, but overall people now see Trump as a living embodiment of how toxic and dysfunctional a lot of the rhetoric was thrown at the Obama administration and how doing the exact opposite of some of Obama's policies has backfired so hugely",
"Standing right next to him are Ted Cruz at 5'10\" and Marco Rubio at 5'9\". I don't see any way Trump is taller than 6' and maybe a half inch or some small change.\n\nThe shit this guy lies about... so much of it can be easily disproven. Can we kickstart an organization with a singular purpose of debunking easily disproved Trump lies and bringing America back to semblance of the reality the rest of the world lives in?",
"BMI is great of you are tall or short. Becuase all it does is try to normalize weight by your height. \n\nIt only has 2 inputs, it's not magic. It makes it easier for you to compare the build of someone 5'2\" to someone 6'2\" without consulting a chart.\n\nSo yeah, it works way better than if physicians recommend that everyone weigh between 130lbs and 170 lbs. And it doesn't work as well as attempting to measure body fat.\n\nI'm a 5'10\" woman and I love BMI. Lots of people don't understand how much I weight (partially becuase I think models fudge their weight or are actually very very skinny). I'm not obese so it boggles people's minds that I weight 165lbs. But that's a BMI of like...24. Or 135lbs on a woman of normal height.",
"Bad bot",
">Shit 240 for anyone that’s not an athlete is pretty fucking bad.\n\nYou do understand that people are different sizes, right?",
"Oh I see, thanks!",
"Oh look a coward supporting a coward can't envision anyone doing something for their country. SHOCKER. ",
"Evidence-based facts are not allowed! ",
"Yeah cause this is what fucking matters. It’d be far too difficult to actually examine this administration’s inhumane policies so we’re left with hinging on every petty thing that comes out of his mouth as if it makes any difference",
"I'm 6'7 and according to BMI I was obese or more through my teens and 20's as an athlete. \n\nIt doesn't work for everyone.\n\nAlso Trump is a fucking liar. At my heaviest I was 270, in my in-shapest I was 245. At no point did I look like a bunch of fucking bags of pastry dough shoved into a 105 dollar suit.\n\nDude looks like a heap of garbage.",
"So did I... because I got my license renewed on my way to work.",
"Consuls did not serve in the Senate, strictly speaking. They were considered above the Senate, but traditionally could only serve one-year terms. However, by the time Caligula rolled around, consul was largely an honorary title. The emperor held all the real power.",
"Dude, if she's got dumb friends...",
"He's definitely not 300lbs. Can't believe this shit got upvotes.",
"Rock that boddy",
"Cruz is 5'10\". Rubio is 5'9\". Jeb could seem really tall because distance and angles but there's no way Trump is towering over Rubio by 6\"",
"now I’ve fallen into a whirlwind of people reading mean tweets ",
"She’s had to deal with endless shit from people who ended up supporting Trump. I bet she had a miserable time biting her tongue while they were around each other. ",
"Clearly this is trickery by the Deep State- they've got Obama in heels.",
"Trump also thinks he has a \"big\" dick too",
"Good bot ",
"and both their 6,2 wives?",
"Thanks for the laugh.",
"That John Mayer is full of shit man. ",
"This bot is legit.",
"“Fat retard” got me in the giggles. ",
"It just shows what a petty liar Trump is and how he turns the WH into the very same. \n\nEdit: Also, apparently Trump has magical longevity genes and has the potential to live to be 200. ",
"I’m 37 and just renewed my license. They asked me if I was still 6’1”. I am still waiting for that late 30s growth spurt. ",
"I think that's actually Being Around Trump All Day Face.",
"Did you just throw out a 2000 year old reference? Badass. But wasn't it proconsul?",
"I'm sure they exist but sadly I don't know a single person who voted for trump who regrets their decision. ",
"I will never understand why he wears his ties like that. ",
"Blue tie blue dress red tie red dress",
"Trump's desperately trying to convince everyone that he isn't a fat piece of shit by lying about his height. ",
"It doesn't seem off, I'm 6'3 220 but I'm called flaco by my family I'm still mostly thin, my legs are massive muscle. Trump is all fat which weighs less than muscle. ",
"I mean or maybe Obama is wearing shows with heels?",
"Also a member of the military, who do you think ordered him to lie to make president snowflake feel better about being a tubby piece of shit? ",
"Michelle Obama don't like white girls.",
"Latest comment I read as of my reading it. ",
"Height stuff aside, I want Trump's coat. It looks excessively nice",
"> Edit: For all you idiots, look at this photo. \n\nMan, you must really be delusional. Obama's leaning in and he still looks taller. ",
"Hey! Something I actually know something about. I can definitely attest to this. My license says I'm 5'0\" I'm actually 4'10.5\" When I got my first license and the lady asked me my height I told her I was 4'10.5\" and she said, \"Oh no, honey. You're 5 foot.\" I looked at her very confused and she explained, \"If you're not 5 foot you'll need a pillow to drive.\" I smiled and said, \"I'm 5 feet tall!\" with a huge grin. ",
"Jeb could be lying to hide the fact he's freak tall not cool tall",
"Unless Obama has a small heel on his shoes and Trump has on golf shoes or loafers.",
"Thank you! Whenever I get exasperated about Trump, some of the people I work with simply go with the “well all politicians lie, at least he’s lying about stuff that doesn’t matter and not the important things like they are!!!” \nUhm, wtf? No, this doesn’t prove he’s telling the truth about everything else. It proves that he a) doesn’t give a shit about telling the truth no matter how small the issue and has no incentive to even try to cover up his bullshit (much like a dictator...) or b) he’s completely lost touch with reality and our country is being run by a demented old man. \nNeither option is comforting.",
"Roosevelt was in a wheel chair, Lincoln had a big ass hat, Jimmy Carter saw a UFO, Trump is a rich asshole, Obama and Bush did cocaine.\nWhat is the point of this post?",
"We're upset that Trump's a fat, embarrassing pantload. I didn't even vote for Clinton. ",
"Could be someone misread the 3, thought the top loop was closed, and read it for a 9. Could also be that 16 year old you decided to have a giggle while filling out DMV forms.",
"After going through your posts (after calling you out for doing it someone else, funny enough), I can't tell if you're a troll or have actual anger issues.",
">Trump\n\n>President Obama\n\n\nWe're reaching amounts of salt that are able to melt the monitors.",
"JoJack82 asking the real questions! Funny stuff pal\n",
"I'd guess Trump's weight at about 700 bananas, give or take.",
"Yea okay super soldier. 👌 \n[this is for you.](http://www.stolenvalor.com) \n\nAnd let me guess.. Bernie supporter? [Another draft dodger, applied for conscientious objector status and still stands by this decision.](https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/caucus/2015/09/11/bernie-sanders-conscientious-objector-vietnam-war/72070980/) \n\nClinton supporter? [Draft Dodger](https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/09/13/clinton-and-the-draft-anatomy-of-a-controversy/e63d5a1a-0a70-489e-bdbd-169972c9f04c/?utm_term=.b4ae8c9dd724) \n\nBush NeoCon? [Bush Military Controversy](https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/campaigns/wh2000/stories/bush072899.htm) \n\nMiss the good days of Barry Obama? [In 2004, only 15% of the military members surveyed approved of Obama’s performance as Commander in Chief](https://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/12/22/obama-military-times-survey-low-approval-ratings/20759451/) \n\nYour daily dose of sodium: [Majority of military service members support Trump vs. majority unfavorable for Obama’s in same time frame.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2017/10/26/military-times-poll-majority-troops-support-president-trump/802279001/) \n\nEnjoy [this one](https://img.thedailybeast.com/image/upload/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_1439,w_2560,x_0,y_0/dpr_2.0/c_limit,w_740/fl_lossy,q_auto/v1492115364/articles/2016/03/28/i-showered-with-donald-trump-at-military-school/160324-McIntosh-trump-military-school_q9tpex) from Trump’s military college days. Just for giggles.",
"Both. \n\nbut don't let that distract from the fact that I am correct in most of my posts.",
"I couldn’t believe it either. If he’s 130 kg I’ll eat my left nut. ",
"Trump doesn't appear to be as bigly as he claims.\n",
"Who CARES!",
"Yea we all know it doesn't account for muscle but I can't see anyone being 148 at 6'3\" being \"normal\"",
"Shithole post",
"Wow, this thread is just a 'trump is bad' circle jerk",
"savage!",
"That's Homer Simpson's canonical weight. I thought there was something fishy about that.",
"There's also the point of a doctor to the highest politician in the land deliberately lying so as to not provoke panic that said politician is in too bad of health to lead",
"wow are you pathetic. It is comical how much it bothers you. ",
"I'm almost 400 pounds and I look more in shape than Trump.",
"Encephalitis ",
"Lol. Look at the step above their heads. it gives you a straight line for reference for fuck's sake. Obama's head is at the edge of the line. Trump breaches it by an inch or two.",
"i dunno. i saw trump at the republican debates on tv. he did seem taller than everyone there. don't forget that trump walks around like a slouch. he's got shit for posture. he might be hunching and that's why he appears to be the same height as obama here.\n\ni mean really look at trump's side profile in pictures. i bet he could easily lose a few inches due to his slump. also trumps hands really do look tiny, they look like his fingers would barely reach the bridge of his nose if he put his hand on his face with the palm on his chin.\n\nanyway here's some pictures.\n\nhttps://www.google.ca/search?q=donald+trump+side+view&safe=off&dcr=0&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiopobzm97YAhXKylQKHenQAasQ_AUICigB&biw=1305&bih=662\n\ndude's face and chin are so far forward and low it kind of looks like hitchcock. i can imagine him straightening out his back when the doctor measures his height.",
"He draws the foul!",
"Better him than Hilary right? That’s what I always hear no matter how much of Trump’s shit you put in front of them",
"Define know.....",
"Crass (Trump) beside class (Obama)",
"Trump is a pathetic pussy a D a sniveling draft dodger",
"I mean, at 190 I was looking emaciated that was without a high percentage of muscle. Once I put on some muscle weight, I looked better, but then again I was no longer 190. ",
"You mean he was lying when he told us that an obese man is in “superior cardiovascular shape for someone his age”?",
"He was looking for his mom in the crowd",
"Which one?",
"How many insults have you thrown my way? And I’m the pathetic one? Donald Trump is your President and the Commander in Chief of your nation’s military. How does that make you feel?",
"It seems like everyone in this thread is accusing the doctor of fudging Trumps height/weight. Is there any reason for us to believe that is the case? Wouldn't said physician be risking alot by fudging medical records for a sitting president?",
"U.S. measurements v. African Muslim measurements. Check the long form birth certificate for proof. ",
"Right, but the point is that nearly no one lies about being shorter than they are. Certainly not a man and certainly not one like Trump. ",
"He's not 6'3.",
"Correction: Trump grabs by the pussy.",
"Turns out, they were *both* wrong!",
"I insulted trump. The draft dodger in chief. Deal with reality. You bore me. Keep looking at my top comment and seething. Toodles",
"Trump's pathetic combover breaches it, and again, Obama is leaning in. ",
"I do hear that but I still know some people that think he's God's gift to humanity. People that ignored all statistics showing that the economy was improving under Obama and then now that trump is in office \"he's righted the ship\". \"All the negative stuff is fake news\" ",
"But...but...he drinks Diet Coke!",
"Who, Ted? Rubio’s isn’t bad but his sleeves are too short. \n\nUpon further inspection they all look terrible. And Carson with both buttons fixed...c’mon. ",
"Lol... cheers, warrior.",
"How's CompSci 102 treating you?",
"I see two patriots that have done more for this country in 1 year than any president in the last 20 years and 2 gay racist black terrorist males",
"He kind of touches on it super briefly is his interview on Letterman’s new show on Netflix. Great interview. I miss Barry : / ",
"WTF I thought trump was short. Also did anyone else immediately hope this was a gif and obama just out of the blue elbowed trump right in the face?",
"I think he's probably closer to 250 than 300, he has no muscle and just carries the weight poorly",
"I thought they were holding hands in a line for a solid 3 seconds.",
"Backfired bigly",
"~~Idk what to make of this picture because all of them look nearly the exact same height~~ Oh I'm a fucking retard. The wives are wearing heels. Jesus ",
"His supporters will simply call it fake news and not pay attention. You can lead them to knowledge but you can't make them think.",
"They are standing shoulder to shoulder, how can Obama clearly be closer to the camera? Also, if you did a quick google search you can see they both wore shoes with heels. Trumps heel even appears to be thicker than Obama's (I mean honestly, dress shoes without a heel are pretty rare). And finally, if everything you said was true + trump was hunching.. the hunch would be easily noticeable for them to be equal height.\n\nIn case you try to call me fake news, here's two pictures to see their shoes. [Trump](https://cdn.vox-cdn.com/uploads/chorus_asset/file/7841969/GettyImages_632185186.jpg) [Obama](http://neoneocon.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/michelle-dress.jpg)\n\n",
"Absolutely not trying to cover for Donny. But Barry’s posture looks great while he’s slouching. Looking at there shoulders too it looks like Trump has an inch or so on him. \n\nI’d say Trump is 6’2” tops. ",
"Always upvote Fletch.",
"Even if he is 6'3\" tall. There is noooo way he is the weight they have him at. I'm the same height, and currently at the heaviest I have ever been at 230 which isn't great. But I would need at least another 80lbs to look how he does.",
"Have you had a threesome with her and Teresa Ann Savoy during a thunderstorm?",
"You're taller. If he's 6'3\" then I'm the Colossus of Rhodes.",
"Nobody has a better brain. Believe me, folks",
"Hey... wait...",
"Celebrating sexual battery are you?",
"6'2\" and rude as hell",
"Me too",
"> Trump's a ~~Milk~~ Dud \n\nFTFY",
"Draft dodging coward. That's your tough guy. Just like his draft dodging grandpa. ",
"How about you crawl back to your racist shithole.",
"Most people I know that like Trump really don’t like Trump at all and think he’s a narcissist who doesn’t know how to handle politics. They just agree which most of his policies while they agreed with few if any of Hillary’s and he was the better of two bad options.",
"Everyone holds weight different tho. I am about six foot exactly and at my fattest 225 and it was mostly visible in my face. I never really get a big belly, it's evenly spread all over so from 200 to 225 there's no real difference. Rn I am at 180 and still look just as fat imo. ",
"Yes, it's a \"bit\" suspect the way the Moon is across the street. I knew his doctor would lie for him. He's got so many enablers it's appalling.",
"He's old. He could have very little muscle mass and a lot of fat. Sounds like he never did any serious physical activity.\n",
"Better than those shithole countries!",
"👌 So you support the Vietnam War and the Second Reich. Good to know. Which side are you on again? Vietnam makes sense since it was a Democrat war. But why support the Reich? And what happened to Toodles?",
"You just described every subreddit thread since June 2016.",
"Who are we talking about here, Hillary?",
"What happened to toodles? Now you’re stalking me.",
"This is stupid",
"I'm really curious what obama actually thinks about trump, what he says to his wife after dealing with him.",
"I have a feeling Trump adds on a few inches, oh yeah and to his height as well",
"Obama is wearing heels, almost for sure because he didn't want to look small compared to Trump",
"Yes, I was there at first. Still am. But hate the fuck out of the government for a while. They are all crooked as fuck and we need a major overhaul. And if I had the money, is be pulling a Brewster's Millions. I want Trump out but then we'll get Pence. It was a lose lose situation. I thought Trump would be better... I'm now shoving a 2 foot long Coke can diameter size dildo up my ass. No I don't like it.",
"Yep I hear that all too often. “Can’t trust the media it’s all biased against him.” Insane...",
"I see racism\n",
"Orange is the new black.",
"Please prove Trump isn't 6'3. Notice Obama is wearing lifted heels",
"Because no one in this administration has ever lied about anything ",
"If it was Trump wearing heels it be front page reddit and cnn about how insecure he is",
"Great job! I'm losing weight too. Was at 330 down to 305 in 2 months! Helps I lost my job, now I eat better. 6'2 also :)",
"Good bot!",
"Let's not bury the lede: Ben Carson buttons both jacket buttons. ",
"Its honestly embarrassing",
"For what it's worth, OP posted a bunch of stuff about Trump's physical results across the politics subreddit.\n\nSmells like an agenda!",
"Platform heels ",
"6'3 148 is a skeleton with a few organs.",
"I love watching people like you get so miserable about Trump, look hes at 40% approval now and rising :)",
"I doubt it. They're politicians, they've made careers out of being able to bite their tongues when they need to",
"yup",
"This wasn't someone from the administration though, this was the WH doctor appointed under Obama",
"Trumps and old ass man, he shrunk a bit",
"God you guys will find anything to shit on Trump for. ",
"A human sized Jigglypuff would look small next to Donald Trump, pretty sure the last thing Obama cared about was how he would hold up in a picture next to that.",
"Let's see \"lie about my height or you are fired\". Since he's an appointee do you think he would even last if he told the truth?",
"I am 6'2\" and 250lbs. I am a fat fuck but not as fat as trump.",
"People shrink when they get old though",
"Okay so again there is no proof or reason to believe that the doctor is lying outside reddit not wanting to believe the results? And I do think a doctor would walk away from the job if they were being forced to lie about medical records. He is a highly respected military member and a WH doctor, I doubt he would have a hard time looking for a job",
"I am 6\"2' and 250lbs, he looks way closer to what I looked like when I was 280lbs. I am a fat fucker but Trump looks way fatter.",
"Bad bot",
"Bad bot",
"Good bot",
"Eh get out of your enclosed little circle and they are everywhere. I didnt vote for Trump but likely will next time around. Hes done much better than most gave him credit for. The stock market is killing it and hes not giving as much money to the bad guys. He will win next time too if you guys dont put out a better candidate than that terrible one from last time.",
"Trump is clearly not 6'3\" and yet you think the doctor isn't lying. OK. T_D is that way.",
"Trump's such an asshouse",
"Also, Melania and Michelle are both listed as being 5'11\".\n\nI'm not sure how much height heels add though.",
"Lmao that username ",
"What a twist.",
"I'm sorry I don't keep up with all the inane bullshit he says.",
"Tremendous!",
"I watched that the other night and holy shit. I'm pretty in the middle politically but god damn the difference is night and fucking day. Trump makes a Speak & Spell being operated by a blind and retarded chimp look eloquent.",
"It's piling up like a ~~mountain~~ molehill!\n\nPresidents keep their title after leaving office, and the sitting President is so prominent that we rarely use more than their first/last name. ",
"This is my second go at it, first time I went from about 360 to 250 then got married.",
"Obama is wearing high heels 👠 ",
"Ask Melania. She knows the difference in two inches between a white guy and black guy.",
"[k](https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/trump-approval-ratings/)\n",
"Ask Melania, she knows the difference between two inches for a white guy v. a black guy.",
"Could he have been before he was a geriatric?",
"I realize you're an /r/The_Donald user so you may see malice where none was intended, but all US presidents maintain the title President for life.",
"His hands look tiny in this picture.",
"Bananas are significant tyvm.",
"that's racist",
"I'll believe the Obama appointed doctor but feel free to use a hand picked image by an OP who clearly hates Trump",
"I'm not the one spreading conspiracy theories, maybe you should head over there, I'm sure you'll fit in with the Hillary's anti-seizure glasses as well",
"I didn't know you could tell someone's weight by looking at a picture of them. \n\nMy dad is 6\"3 and is around the same weight they gave for Trump. He looks bigger than Trump. ",
"Politics aside I do like the red and blue color scheme, including their wive's dresses. ",
"Maybe when you were filling out the \"Sex\" field you put in \"69\"",
"In one image this sums up everything about the modern Republicans and modern Democrats. One is who he is, right or wrong. Mixed ideas, mixed culture, mixed humanity. The other is Pure self importance, smaller than he says he is and obsessed with being more important than he really is. Remember the argument, we do not need a community organizer, we need a C.E.O.? Turns out it's bullshit. ",
"they also lose their fucking mind.",
"Luckily the left have held back from criticizing Melania",
"I'm the same height as Obama. Now who wants to fucking touch me?",
"you sure it isn't a misprint of 1.3\"?",
"The motherfucker brings this shit on himself. If he didn’t constantly lie about everything, including his fucking height of all things, he wouldn’t get shit on as much. \n\nHe’s full of shit most of the time. He blatantly lies about things that are easy to disprove constantly.\n\nIf it was just some random asshole you knew who lied all the time you would be like, “Yeah, I know that guy. He’s a lying sack of shit.”\n\nIt just so happens that this lying sack of shit got elected POTUS by a bunch of people who knew he was talking out of his ass and voted for him anyway. So, which is worse. The liar, or the people who knew he was a liar and voted for him anyway? I’m tempted to say it’s the latter, but the verdict is still out on that one.\n\n",
"But Obama did in fact go down as a president",
"FAKE SHOES!",
"moooon riivver",
"Did he do this for a photo op or somethin? I cant imagine his heart taking such extreme movements for even 5 mins ",
"Yeah but not the worst one",
"The photo of him playing tennis suggests it hardcore. ",
"The same guy who vocally propagated the racist lie that President Obama was not a U.S. citizen.",
"Wheres the lie tho?",
"Because Hillary Clinton is an honest, moral person, right? I hate Donald Trump, but I’d be willing to bet a large portion of American voters were only doing what in their eyes was picking the lesser of two evils. I really think it’s ridiculous that you guys give a fuck how tall Donald Trump is. ",
"Not accusing you of lying. Just confused by why you think 40% is good...",
"You’re borderline Tiny ",
"My license says im 5’5” and im nervous / paranoid every time i have to show since im 5’11” now ... DMV never asked to change it when i had it renewed.",
"Thats all we need to win reelection",
"I personally don’t give a shit about his height. Hell, I don’t give much of a fuck about him at all. \n\nMy opinion is that it doesn’t matter who you put in the driver seat of a car that doesn’t run.\n\nHillary isn’t any better. America has allowed partisan politics to reach a level of stupidity where we have left ourselves no choice but to scrape from the bottom of the barrel for one of these bozos to take office. \n\nYou mean to tell me out of 380 million Americans these two were the best and brightest choices to run the country? No fucking way am I ever going to believe that. The 2016 election as a whole is proof that the whole fucking system should be burnt to the ground and rebuilt from the ground up.",
"1. OP chose a picture that hides the feet. Obama is wearing shoes that have more of a heel than Trump which can easily give him an extra inch: [here](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/01/20/19/3C55597400000578-4140436-image-a-83_1484940870165.jpg) and [here](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/thumbor/aXoHeJBZA7HIGc-N58QxcuUrzVo/fit-in/2048xorig/filters:format_auto-!!-:strip_icc-!!-/2017/01/23/872/n/38761221/73d3b0d6af9380a2_GettyImages-632211214.jpg).\n\n2. As other have pointed out, Trump slouches.\n\nTrying to attack someone because of a seemingly 2 inch difference is absolutely stupid. I can measure myself in the morning and night and have two completely different numbers. There are a number of different factors that can make someone look taller or shorter by an inch or two here.\n\nBut hey lets circle jerk on how much we hate trump amirite?",
"I bet Trump could get to 239 if they banned golf carts.",
"While I don’t agree that our system is in need of a total overhaul, I do agree that it has failed us, and we are facing the consequences right now. Eventually we will see more adequate representation in office. For now, fuck Donald Trump’s height. Fuck him lying about petty shit. There are much bigger, more important things to focus on. ",
"UPROXX did a visual comparison. (I realize the site is biased). But the the pictures are clearly obvious, especially for sports fans. A healthy 6'3 and 240 lb. man, just doesn't move like trump.\n\nhttps://www.google.com/amp/uproxx.com/dimemag/athletes-nba-nfl-mlb-same-height-weight-donald-trump/amp/",
"Fair enough. But all I hope is that regardless of who ends up in office next, they can at least not contradict themselves constantly. Regardless of your politics, it is objectively terrifying to have someone in office who can be recorded on video saying something one day and then immediately deny ever saying that thing less than a day later. The accusations that the press trying to point out these glaring inconsistencies are “fake news” and liars is just icing on the cake.",
"Cool, dumbest post I've read in a while, thanks!",
"He's the tallest President. The tallest. ",
"i love it",
"> our country is being run by a demented old man.\n\nHe's not running shit, he's a detriment and him squating the office prevents someone from actually running the country. \n\nE* What I'm saying is, I think you give him too much credit.",
"The men assert dominance by making eye contact. The women assert dominance by looking away like they don't care.",
"Jeeze, Trump really does have tiny hands",
"Nice to meet ya Ben!\n",
"Yup, and i'm Biggus Dickus. ",
"And the current president doesn't get that title?",
"\"Sex: None\"",
"dear christ how old is this bot why are bananas still used for scale",
"Gravity was stronger back then. Everybody's an inch taller now. It's science. ",
"LAPD might check it against their color chart.\n\nAnd by \"color chart\" they mean \"Night Stick\"",
"Melania doesn't seem all that impressed with Donnie either. Best marriage money can buy, believe me. Very special. ",
"The shoes that both of them are wearing have a similar heel. You can see it in the first picture, Trumps are in shade but zoom in and you see it.",
"Circumference or Diameter?",
"The one time he lowers a number about himself",
"At my heaviest I was 330 at 6'4\" Still carried it better that trumps \"234\" ",
"That waddle is from neck muscles shortening as someone ages combined with the ravages of gravity over time. Everyone is going to get it to some level. It has nothing to do with his obesity.",
"Muscle mass...that's why when you see Trump next to 6' 3\" 240lb professional athletes he really looks like a sack of shit.",
"If he carries it poorly 280, if he carries it well, 300 easy. ",
"They're both about 6'2''. Obama is being humble and trump is bragging.",
"I know a few. My girlfriend's mother is one of them. She held out hope for a few months, but now she hates the man.",
"... well in those hands...",
"Whats crazy is the doctor didn't even bring the bone spjrs up as part of his medical history... but I already wasnt listening when they lied about his height and weight and then says he has perfect blood pressure when he is obese, eats fastfood daily, and doesn't believe in exercise... but he does use propecia, so the rumours of the hair surgery he beat his wife over is probably true.",
"OP even called him just \"Obama\" with no title in the previous sentence. And the Trumpsters call liberals \"snowflakes\"...\n",
"Just buy a newspaper subscription.",
"It's a 'Trump is a pathalogical liar' circle jerk",
"Never mind this, Comey is [FREAKING HUGE](https://s3.amazonaws.com/fedscoopwp-media/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/23141705/2013_08_JamesComeyBarackObama.jpg)",
"Depends how much he was paid... he also stated he had perfect blood pressure and perfect EKG, which wouldn't be congruent with an overweight 70 yo who believes excercising is bad and fast food daily. He also never mention bone spurs regarding Trumps medical history, and said he got a 30/30 on a cognitive test, that has rudimentary questions like what are these animals pictured. My guess, is there are many people scrutinizing this report line by line and we will here more incongruencies.",
"I'm 5'10\" and 226lbs and can confirm I approve u/MajorNoodles' statement. Muscle mass makes a huge difference.",
"How can you trust a man to tell you the truth about important things when they lie about *every little thing* with zero shame or apology? \n\nShame on you for trying to normalize cult-like defense of a man who is obviously the combination of all the worst human traits combined into one man. ",
"*beat and raped his wife over",
"man I didn't know this was a bot for a lot of posts",
"He has the best posture anyone has ever seen, no one has seen posture as good as his. Trust him ",
"^* level of ~~bern~~ burn",
"I'm not saying trump isn't bad, I'm saying everyone for some reason has a god damn boner for hating trump. I just want to read things without having to see someone bashing trump every 2nd comment.",
"Mom! The libs are circle jerking again. ",
"Why are we obsessing about the weight of a guy whose only outstanding physical characteristic is being the same color as an oompa-loompa?",
"Whoa easy there, you can’t be implying 6’3” is a lie???",
"I am legit unsure if this is photoshopped or not.\n\nMight be down to expectations. When I meet people I admire/enjoy/look up to at conventions, I'm always expecting them to be much taller than they are, but with one or two exceptions, they usually meet my height or are a touch shorter.\n\nMaybe because I have so little respect for Trump, I expected him to be nowhere near 6'3\" in height, even if he wasn't slouching all the time.",
"I mean you can even see him kinda leaning to his left",
"You don't even stop to think he perhaps is not lying... but nah this one picture proves everything, right ya go some karma for you\n\neven with this picture you cant prove he isn't 6'3",
"can you prove that?",
"She lives in all of your heads 24/7. Rent free. I find that hilarious. ",
"He's a fake President, so no. I'll never call him President Trump.",
"What a stupid fucking comment. ",
"They still think he's a decent man who's gotten a lot done, and I've actually seen him compared favorably to Christ.\n\nI think Patton Oswalt was right.\n\nhttps://i.redd.it/v31j1aczeaa01.jpg",
"I've seen a lot of Trump supporters that seem to think he beat Obama in the election.",
"I'm curious what's going to happen when his health actually fails in the next year or two and he has a stroke or something.",
"This society is completely obsessed with Mr. Trump. ",
"I wish that was the craziest thing you could reasonably observe about them.",
"I feel like if you had a Venn diagram of people who think he beat Obama in the election and the people who can't identify Canada on a map, it would be a circle.",
"Eh, maybe. I actually feel like we should take them a little more seriously than that, though. Not seriously as in respect them as informed rational adults, just not make cartoons out of them in our minds. They are a very real threat to the whole Republic and everything it stands for, and despite everything they have the upper hand right now. Against their own interests in many cases, yes, and also temporarily, I hope very much, but they do.\n\nEdit: Downvotes, seriously? Have we still not learned the lesson at this point?",
"Are we hight shaming in this thread?",
"[My favorite.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJc1fuPIuhI)",
"Is this seriously what you guys worry about? ",
"I think the roast was mean to be about how Obama was a president and Trump was not.",
"In a sense he did, Trump winning was seen as a rejection of many Obama's policies, and Hillary ran heavily as a 3rd term Obama. ",
"They both have heels.",
"> Presidents keep their title after leaving office\n\nI thought they lost it officially but are still called it out of a mark of respect. ",
"> fake President\n\nHaha, you're even dumber than I thought.",
"More blood wine!",
"Michelle Obama looks like she’s just had enough",
"Hey, I love that bot! ",
"Holy shit with that name and post history I am literally shocked at how pathetic one human can be. ",
"There are a lot of people critising the doctor for lying about the Donald's health, but has any \"official\" white house medical ever produced a negative report about a presidents health? It seems to me that a doctor saying \"well, his liver is pickled, his arteries are clogged and he's probably going to have a heart attack in the next 5 minutes\" is basically an open declaration saying \"we have a weak leader, come and get us\".\n\nMaybe I'm reading too much into it, but I would be genuinely interested to know if there has been a president not given a clean bill of health.",
"It’s actually two measurements",
"Ah vertical height when laying down eh?",
"You should desperately make sure you get the last comment in a freakin' comment thread.\n\nI can smell the winning from here.",
"Finally some sense. ",
"\"You guys\".\n\nStrawman tactic.",
"Always remember;\n\n1 - Only the other side has circlejerks and echo chambers and is full of easily triggered snowflakes.\n\n2 - \"Your\" side is full of open debate, varied POVs and people who only argue like robust adults 100% of the time.",
"Michelle Obama’s face. ",
"\"You guys\".\n\nStrawman tactic.\n\nLame.",
"Reported for ableism and incivility.\n\nLmao :\\^)",
"Hey genius, Eisenhower started Vietnam and he was a republican. Why is lying a prerequisite for being a trump supporter? So pathetic.",
"\"I know more than the White House physician who has done physicals on the last two Presidents. So what if he did physicals? I LOOKED AT ONLINE PHOTOS.\"",
"My username describes you based on your username.",
"The left steals the \"Trump lives in your heads rent free\" meme from the right, further proving that the left seriously can't meme.",
"Stop it illgot. He scored perfectly on his recent mental test.",
"Man, Michael is so ugly! ",
"The doctor isn’t going to give your old hight as your current height. I was 30 lbs lighter ten years ago, but my *new* health report doesn’t factor that in. ",
"Yes Obama was know for his ego. Unlike the ever humble Trump.",
"Trump is a chunky monkey in every picture. But when was the last time we saw him without a shirt? Maybe he’s wearing a bulletproof vest all the time.",
"The 3 dudes in this picture are all the same height.",
"They even wrote it in his chart: \"very stable genius\"",
"2\"of lift in a man's shoe not from the disco Era? \n For me though the height is no the big issue, donny could have poor posture, the weight though I have trouble beleving.\n 239? No way ",
"Trumps 6’ 2”",
"5'11\" 242lbs here. Big ol beergut on an ex-lineman, but I don't even have the neck gobbler or bitch tits yet.",
"You have thin bones don't you?",
"How's that approval rating working out for you, stunted little 35%er? How's it feel to see what you thought was an incisive zinger actually turn out to be yet another shining example of your basic political ignorance?\n\nEnjoy the midterms. We own you. :)",
"probably Jeb.\n\neveryone else's pants are too long. we can't see his shoes but they don't appear to be bunching up.",
"Perfect photo to describe the measure of a man. ",
"This made me lol.",
"Well done.",
"Clearly BARAK HUSSIEN OBAMA is lying about how short he was just to make the world LAFFE at how short and MANLETTY out POTUS was!!!! MAGA!!!!",
"Sup Sonja",
"Oooo somebody is 5' 11\" and a half.",
"Yep, both 6' 2\" on average.",
"And peed on that pornstar lady he just paid off",
"I just don't understand why it was written in crayon.",
"its the guac",
"And signed it “mr dokter”",
"The same man who eats junk good by the fistful too. But he does drink a diet coke, so it cancels out. ",
"something something bottom of a barrel",
"\\#",
"Wide known fact that Obama lies about his height, because at 6'3\" he'd be expected to be better at basketball.\n\n/s",
"I’m 4’9” and go 362. I’ll stand head to tit with that fat pig any day of the week.",
"Trump has his best Kim Jong Un smile on",
"What the fuck are y’all even talking about anymore?",
"You are delusional. Do you think you accomplished much? Oh nvm you post on r/marchargainsttrump, the spammiest subreddit known for using bots. Probably like this politically charged post.",
"I’m no fan of trump but I think there’s some confirmation bias here. Take a look at Trump’s shoulder versus Obama’s. Trump’s is clearly a bit higher than Obama’s and Trump is leaning in towards him. So my guess is he slumps normally and then when he got measured he straightened up. I know I slump quite a bit normally until I’m standing on that thing they use to measure your height.",
"Normay*",
"Man people care so much about stupid things ",
"Possible he lost height with age?\n\nI heard that it can happen.",
"Obama must be lying about being 6ft.1in.and is much taller than claimed.",
"I'm Canadian, and don't participate in political arguments online because it's a lose/lose no matter what side of centre you're on.\n\nI do want to point out though:\n\nThe DOW has been hitting new record highs every month (literally) for years and years....and years.",
"Obama wears lifts?",
"I do. They were wishy washy idiots though(friends of my wife), never truly \"on the hook\" they just typical \"obummer taking your guns\" who buy an ar15 for their werdio ginger twerp of a kid for his 14th birthday types but (amazingly) planted the anti-conspiracy seed \"if there was a conspiracy, it was by gun sellers to sell guns.\" Two months later I hear them say \"that fucking trump guy.\" Mind you, they are idiots and probably just hate on whoever holds the office. \n \nThe Canary in the trump turd mines for me is my dad who full on fell into the fake news Russian propaganda mind fuck. When he turns back from the brink, it's indication the whole \"movement\" is dead. He's just about there. Net neutrality really opened his eyes. ( because he's a racist asshole anyway so it'll take something besides that.)",
"Lol. I literally said I know people who are trump supporters. I have friends and family on all sides of the political spectrum. Hardly an enclosed circle. If anything it's trump voters who are in enclosed circles. The majority of the country didn't vote for him and of the people that did, plenty of them only voted along party lines. Most of the world doesn't like him. There was literally an article yesterday on the front page about how Republicans are more susceptible to echo chambers.\n\nThe economy was already recovering for a while. The only difference is the republicans ignored or didn't believe the numbers.\n\nThe stock has been doing well but you do realize that it was around 7k when obama took office and around 19k when he left office right? It's been doing well for a few years and republicans ignored it under Obama but now claim it'd the ultimate indicator of Trump success... That's bullshit \n\nUnemployment was at 7.8 when obama took office and in a complete a complete tailspin yet it was 4.8 when he was done and 4.1 right now. Job growth in 2016 was greater than 2017. We are right near full employment so I'll give you that job growth would slow. Trump’s plan is to add 25 million jobs in 10 years which really follows the low car of what's considered natural job growth. \n\nWage growth was better than 2016 but worse than other years under Obama such as 2014 & 2015. It's pretty flat over the longer term. \n\nLet's just ignore the fact that congress sets the laws and focus on trump? What has he actually done that has improved the economy? The tax cut? That had absolutely zero effect on any economic indicators for pretty much the entire year of 2017 because that just just passed.\n\nSince I doubt you can list anything, I'll help you. He's create an atmosphere where congress can't work together and thus can't get many of their big changes such as health reform passed. The stock market loves that kind of stability.",
"> then I'm the queen of Norway. \n\nYou're such a [troll](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXw9jGTdBy0)",
"Fat is funny that way, but no. 300lb is very very obvious.\n \nI think the lie is more his height than weight. I would say the real numbers are 6'1\" and 245. We need a carnival guy to guess his weight, I'm only an amateur. ",
"It would seem that you have a very severe case of schizophrenia, friend. Just don't hurt yourself while fighting those windmills!",
"I just say that since (I’m pretty sure) these were taken as Barack was leaving the White House and Trump was entering. Which means Michelle wasn’t First Lady anymore. I feel like the worst that would’ve happened is that Michelle would’ve got slammed in the news, but otherwise would have be fine. ",
"Did you have a 6 inch growth spurt, or was it a mistake when it was first issued.",
"Obama wear lifts in his shoes haha how juvenile ",
"He looks like he's trying really hard to stand like a human would.",
"Why does reverse searching that image get the search result:\n\n>[arranged marriage vs love marriage](https://i.imgur.com/Ci0muwI.png)",
"I shook Obama's hand in 2007 when he was running for the Democratic nomination and was actually surprised that he wasn't taller. I guess I'd never looked up his height and since I was used to seeing him stand next to Hillary I assumed he was like 6'4. Either way 10/10 would shake hands with again.",
"Is size shrinking as you age really a legit thing? How does it happen?",
"You think Obama was wearing heels?",
"Why are you bringing up Hillary?",
"I'm 6'1 and am 155 lbs. I'm definitely under weight.",
">I'm saying everyone for some reason has a god damn boner for hating trump. \n\nYeah, for some reason...\n",
"They're both wearing normal men's dress shoes",
"Couldn't be, because Michelle is 5'11 and appears to be just as tall as Barack if not taller. So if Barack is wearing 2-3 inch lifts, Michelle would have to be wearing 5+ inch heels. I don't remember stripper heel Michelle Obama making an appearance that day.",
"Says a lot about what?",
"You people are insane",
"This is just fake news. He's Hooje. ",
"\"What's a couple of inches\", never said by a women in the history of mankind. /s",
"As a formerly fat guy I'm laughing my formerly fat ass off. Thanks DDP and /r/Keto for making me less of a blob and more of a man, unlike him... ",
"why does height matter?",
"So trumpists either have to admit Obama made himself smaller, or Trump made himself taller?",
"OMG we get it. Enjoy your free karma.",
"I will not argue with a man named Caligula, he, who buried men to their necks and then brought in the horses, well that's what I saw in the dirty movie, anyways. That and a ring on his fist, ouch.",
"He was 6’3” 40 years ago. People get shorter as they age.",
"k... obama is wearing boots with heels. so? thats at least an inch. and obama had pretty good try-hard posture around alphas, so there ya go.",
"Yea, I had to renew my drivers licence and they clerk who I was friends with said to make an amendment listing me from 6'3 to 6'4 which renewed my license at a fraction of the cost. Thought it was clever but don't know how you can change your height",
"vindicated? lololololol backfired!? hahahahahahahaha is that why obama is following trump around the world trying to re-fuck shit up? vindicated... HAH. keep dreaming.",
"It was proved today that the doctor said he was 6'3 and 239 pounds. ",
"This is exactly what I was thinking this morning.\n\nI still think Trump is obviously obese and they are fudging the numbers, but this isn't the typical Trump lie. ",
"That's not what a strawman is.",
"So you have the same build as a college running back? \n\nMajornoodles has 12lbs on you, which is a large amount on a 5’10’ frame. Not as comparable as you might think.",
"He wasn't quoting OP. Why bring up OP? Also, he wsnt being a snowflake about anything, only calling out someone's subconscious need to type \"President Obama\". Not saying it's true, just pointing out what happened.",
"I can't believe how many don't get the context.\n\nIt's about the health report. The idea is that they fudged the numbers so Trump's BMI would keep him out of the 'obese' category. \n\nThere's not a chance in hell that man is 6'3\" and 239 pounds. \n\nBut I get that they aren't going to say, \"This is guy is a cheeseburger away from the grave\". The numbers are going to be manipulated somewhat.",
"\"Can I borrow your towel? My car just hit a water buffalo.\"",
"It's because he believes exercise is bad for you, and he gave it up 50 years ago.",
"Nice false dichotomy brah",
"Lol. That’s the least concerning thing. I find it very hard to believe Trump is 239lbs. ",
"r/girther",
"Hei deres majestet! Big fan! Love your crown ",
"Its an involuntary reflex for a Trumpeter to respond with Hillary no matter the subject.",
"And?",
"I was talking about Rubio, the sleeves are perfectly fine for a modern suit cut. Ted's was probably well cut at one point but he's gained weight since he bought it.",
"Michelle be like fuck that shit in that picture.",
"Because the doctor announced Trump’s physical results, and said trump is 6’3” and 139lbs. There’s no way either of those measurements truthfully apply to Trump.",
"I'm 6' and 109lbs, so I'm the other end of the spectrum.",
"If only he had eaten one more Big Mac you would have been able to say he wasn’t medically fit \n\n\nDammit \n\n\nTime to \n\nMAGA ",
"I don't think a pony will do well in the Senate.",
"So he’s not 6’3’’ then?",
"You liberals are just sad. Why even waste your time on this? You are doubting an Obama appointed Doc and looking at pictures to determine his height. lol ",
"Echo echo echo!!!",
"Quality thread...",
"I thought that was Patrick Ewing",
"They're now calling people who question his weight \"Girthers,\" though I prefer, \"People with eyes.\"",
"You're missing the point dude. You can't look at a photo and squabble over a couple of inches because shifts in posture, camera positioning, etc. can make either person appear taller or shorter. No matter how much you guys want to cry over something so insignificant as Trump's height, there's not a doctor in the world who will tell you it's a good idea to measure a person by lining them up to another person in a photograph. Bunch of fucking armchair doctors and mental professionals here. It's hilarious.",
"Wrong. Depends on state.",
"Oh good, more political posts in /r/pics\n\nIt's like there's an agenda in this sub like the rest of reddit or something :P",
"I've been 140 and I'm 6'4\" It's fucking terrible and it's pretty obvious even to others that you're sick. (Now I'm 250 of lard and that sucks too but at least I'm dying much more slowly at this end of the spectrum.)",
"What’s going today? Medical records released or something? Is that the flavor of the week?",
"Trigger2d",
"> Sure, there are people who still are drinking the MAGA kool aide\n\n* 4%+ GDP\n\n* Record low unemployment for African Americans\n\n* Record high DOW & stock market\n\n* $1000 bonuses at numerous companies\n\n* Thousands of dollars of tax cuts for middle class\n\nKool-Aid~~e~~ isn't what you're drinking. It's methanol. Because you want to turn a blind eye that America is becoming great again under Trump's leadership.\n",
"Yeah all these illgots probably didn't see how difficult the test was. Happy that JR was able to name a lion, rhino, and camel by looking at pictures of them because I probably would've just given up right there.",
"\"You can keep your doctor!\" \n\nLies lies lies ya",
"Well usually when Trump says he fully supports a cabinet member they are fired within a few days. So he'll probably die of a heart attack within the next week or two",
"First world problems. Poor Rand Paul getting shot at and beat up by violent liberals in the name of political violence...in the same year.",
"Ya, Pelosi has gone bat shit insane.",
"Speaking of telling truth \n\n\"You can keep your doctor!\"\n\n\"Obamacare will cost less!\"",
"If Trump is actually 6'0\" and his weight is only 239 lbs then his BMI is 32.4. \n\nHe's obese. \n\nFat.",
"> Trying to attack someone because of a seemingly 2 inch difference is absolutely stupid. \n\nThe President having his health report fudged so he won't be listed as \"obese\" is about 9,000 times stupider. \n",
"Lol how low can they go? 2 scoops? Diet Cokes? KFC with utensils? Well done steaks? Muh Russia? Racism? I'm actually excited to see what they come up with next. Trump Derangement Syndrome is entertaining AF. \n\nGet ready for 7 more glorious years! ",
"I don't care how tall Trump is.\n\nI care that he lies about literally everything, even minor shit like his height and weight.\n\nWhy should I trust a single word that comes out of his mouth?\n\n>American voters were only doing what **in their eyes** was picking the lesser of two evils.\n\nin their eyes because they were being lied to by a liar\n\n",
"I'm in the same boat. Regardless of political affiliation, Obama just seems like a guy you'd want to hang out with. He doesn't seem so...out of touch. Trump isn't relatable in the slightest. ",
"Obviously 🙄 \n\nI was being an ass. ",
"Was jokingly talking about \"Girthers\" and showed someone this pic. A nearby coworker launched into a tirade about how this wasn't important. I agreed, remarking that it's still funny because of the whole \"Birthers\" thing. It seemed really important to him that I knew that he didn't think this was important, so he repeated it several times.\n\nLong story short, he asked \"Well, couldn't Obama have lied about his age to appear shorter? Didn't think of that, did you?\"\n\nNo, Ray, I honestly did not consider that. ¯\\\\\\_(ツ)\\_/¯",
"Id buy you gold if I wasn’t poor",
"again, most of those are financial which fall under obama. the market/economy has been going up for years. \n\nthe last one is a smoke screen. how do you get people to ignore giving millions in tax cuts to the rich or many billions to corporations? give a tiny amount to the middle class. \n\nbut lets wait and see. its all we can do anyway.",
"Cucks. Everyone of em.",
"Yeah, now I'm wondering if I'll be classified with constitutional dwarfism when I start shrinking... Well at least maybe I'll get a parking pass... ",
"I wonder if Obama never did the roast, who would be President right now. Hillary would be yeah?",
"Whenever Trump wants to admit he is wrong on anything, people might stop pointing out the lies.",
"Assigning imaginary beliefs (anti-Trump mania) for the purpose of dismissing the opinions of an entire subReddit that isn't explicitly anti-Trump...\n\nThat's not Strawmanning?\n\nOkay.\n\nSo what is it?",
"You are right. Obamacare cost more than not having insurance at all. Sorry you have to pay for insurance now.",
"Yeah, he does, it's just not necessary to use it for either of them.",
"I don't give a shit how tall they piled it. It's the fact that HE cares enough about it to lie, and poorly. That poker face ain't gonna broker any landmark deals. ",
"Being obese wouldn't make him unfit to be president. But it might hurt his fragile ego.",
"He was reported as 6'3\" from a physical done last week.",
"*If* he has boots with heals?\n\nLook at the picture, those or fairly standard dress shoes, they have the same heel as Trump's shoes.",
"Or a [wafer-thin mint](https://youtu.be/HJZPzQESq_0).",
"Yes, but you don't get to keep saying you are your old height. ",
"It's all about the ball bearings!",
"> Sorry you have to pay for insurance now.\n\nIllegals don't. Plus you don't have to anymore. Nice try tho.",
"> ~~again~~, most of those are financial which fall under obama\n\nWrong\n\n1) It's not \"again\", this is the first time we talked. Nice lie & try, tho.\n\n2) **Economists agree: Trump, not Obama, gets credit for economy**\n\nhttp://thehill.com/opinion/finance/368904-economists-agree-trump-not-obama-gets-credit-for-economy\n\n^ 2018\n\nBut please, try to lie again and attribute the economy's success to someone who didn't help it",
"Then I guess it doesn't cost more if you don't have to pay for it.\n\nAnd the illegal aliens issue is another discussion. Don't try to change the topic.",
"michelle's face says it all",
"See here is the problem. You can’t say Trump isn’t helping the economy when he has more influence on it than any other person in the world. I also see people like you quick to blame trump as soon as the economy dips. You can’t have it both ways.\n\nI’m sure if Trump created world peace, people like you would be quick to point out that less soldiers have jobs now because of it. You are ridiculous. I guarantee that given a choice between Trump having the best presidency ever and improving this country across the board and failing miserably and destroying the country you would choose failure just to prove a point. Be honest. ",
"Sounds like ~~racism~~ economic anxiety.",
"OWNED",
"Correcting the grandparent.... \n\n> BMI is *terrible* if you are really tall or really short. It is based on the square of your height, instead of the cube of your height like it should be.\n\nThe girl in your article is 5'2\", which is too short for the BMI to work well. If we compare her to a basketball player who is 6'11\", we know that she is obviously shorter than the basketball player, and obviously she has a smaller width between her shoulders than the basketball player, but even in the third dimension (front to back) she is smaller also. \n\nThe volume of a sphere: 4/3\\*π r^3 \nThe volume of a cone where the height equals the radius: 1/3\\*π r^3 \nThe volume of a cylinder where the height equals the diameter: 2\\*π r^3 \nThe volume of a cube with side length r: r^3 \n\nDo you notice how all of these have r^3 in them? \n\nThe BMI \"gets by\" using the square instead of the cube only because adults are generally all the same size. If you get 100 random adults together, it's pretty rare that the tallest person is even 25% taller than the shortest. Once the height difference between two people exceeds 25%, then it becomes glaringly obvious how terrible it is.",
"It was originally bush in this picture i think.",
"Haha, my mom says she’s 5’4” (I’m 5’4”) but when we stand next to each other I’m at least 3 inches taller.",
"Clearly Obama is wearing lifts",
"good genes. jealousy is ugly on you",
"While you're at least not as psychotic as this other guy making assumptions about me, it's still hilarious how you fellas are so strung-up that you see enemies everywhere with foam coming out your mouths.\n\n\nAnd yeah, the remark about seeing malice is especially ironic.",
"It's a line by the rapper Lil Dicky. About why he calls himself Lil Dicky.",
"And that's the definition of salt. And just being incredibly childish in general.",
"I'm going to start with saying that I agree with you.\n\nNow, BMI is a crock of shit for all intents and purposes. It was created as a way to look at a number and make a quick assumption about someone's weight and health status. I have seen NUMEROUS examples of people with high BMIs that are in much, much better shape than I with a low BMI.\n\nOne notable example for me is that my BMI is around 18-19 at any given time. I am thin and 5'10\", but I am in no way \"in shape\". My ex's brother's BMI was 30.1, but he was also about 5'6\" with single digit body fat.\n\nBMI does not take muscle or fat weight into account, therefore someone can be extremely fit and muscular and fall into an \"obese\" BMI. In my line of work I work with dietitians and 90% of them will tell you BMI is dumb and needs to be replaced or done away with.\n\nSorry for the rant, just wanted to drop an opinion, and maybe some education about how BMI is often not an accurate descriptor of someone's weight/health.",
"Um no. If the economy dips I would look at it reasonably and try to figure out the exact policies that caused it. Who ever passed said policy would get the blame democrat or republican. Trump would get blame too if he signed it and if he lobbied congress to pass it.\n\nI'm an independent who currently identifies more with the democrats then the republicans and that's mainly based on social policies such as LGBT rights as well as abortion and other public health policies. I'm fiscally conservative with the caveat that I do believe in social safety nets and universal health care. I just believe the cuts to balance the budget should come from military spending and payments to foreign governments. The government should focus on helping people, not killing people. \n\nAgain, I ask you to point to specifics that caused the economy to magically turn better on 1/20/2017 that wasn't already happening in the 5 years previous. There aren't any. The economy was already improving, the right was just ignoring it. \n\nI'm not actively doing anything to make sure that trump fails miserably and destroys the country. If he kept is fucking mouth shut and got off twitter the world would be a better place. He's the only one trying to destroy our country and our reputation in the world. Right now he's doing his damn best at isolating us from our traditional allies and escalating tensions in the middle east and the Korean peninsula. \n\nHis entire presidency is basically just \"I'm not Obama\" and he has no other policy except doing the opposite of everything that Obama did.",
"Night stick dip stick ",
"Easy answer. Deregulation. 22x more regulations removed as were added in 2017. Regulations were the highest in 11 years under Obama. Here is where you claim that couldn’t possibly affect the economy and lose any credibility you had left.\n\nAs I said earlier, I didn’t vote for Trump the first time around but likely will next time. But only the media, the ignorant and the biased would say Trump hasn’t been successful. Sure he might be distasteful or not politically correct I’ll grant that, I just don’t care about those things. ",
"Completely agree. I'm 6'3\" with a BMI that would put me in the \"overweight\" category, but my body fat is at a very acceptable percentage. I'm just guessing Trump doesn't have a lot of muscle mass.",
"Yes, there's only one Commander in Chief. It's not proper, but we still call past Presidents \"President\"",
"It's possible. The dude has to be literally ALL muscle for that to be true but def8nitely possible.",
"No! He's not old. Bernie was too old to run for president. Trump is in his prime! /s",
"Again though the economy was doing just fine for 5 years before those regulations were removed. We were already approaching full employment and his job numbers in 2017 are worse than Obama's in 2017. But yea, it was all those job killing regulations really holding us back.\n\nNow that said, I used to identify as a libertarian and I still would like that as my ideal form of government BUT the real world works differently. I love the idea of zero regulations but companies and people have done shitty things over the years that make regulations necessary. I like some of the regulation changes that have happened but others (mostly the relaxation of a lot of environmental regulations) are terrible decisions.\n",
"You're really wasting brainpower here.",
"You saying those regulations being removed didn’t help proves to me you don’t work in finance or in business. ",
"What are the measurements of that shithole on the front of Cheeto covered face?",
"You are OP's alt account, aren't you?",
"#44 wears platform shoes...",
"Look at the numbers man. LOOK AT THE NUMBERS. Everything was rolling without any of those changes. Stock market, job growth, GDP... all of it has been increasing for years regardless of regulations.\n\nThe policy i'm more looking forward to having a positive impact is the tax cut. I'm hopeful that it can actually help drive wage growth which hasn't been improving much at all under either Obama or Trump.\n",
"Yeah it’s possible but if he is all muscle then it makes his point entirely moot. It’s not a comparable situation.",
"he was \"measured\" yesterday...",
"It's important because it calls the rest of the medical exam into question-- most notably, the mental health portion.",
"Mine says 6’1”. It’s funny because now I’m 6’2”. But at the time I was barely 5’10”.",
"[me too.](http://static5.businessinsider.com/image/583c8ee3ba6eb620008b6738-1200) ",
"Lots of Reeeeeeee in that one.\nYou’re still supporting the party of slavery, the KKK, racist LBJ, and you still believe socialism actually could work if only Bernie could do it. LMAO. ",
"What do you do when every other form of bashing and hate holds no water? Attack his weight and height. lol You people are absolutely pathetic. ",
"You were also an athlete and definitely not 71 years old. Not really a fair comparison.",
"We all need a picture for comparison",
"Little known fact: he did",
"I always thought that was a joke about his penis size but he just genuinely has small hands. TIL.",
"The stairs were built by anchor babies that stole American jobs very badly. It is the worst thing we have allowed them to do to alter our perceptions of things.",
"Trump seems like a proud man wait, no an egotistical man isn't probably more likely he measures 6'3\" in his prime and has always said that number despite now being over 70 ? Probably doesn't want to admit to shrinkage ",
"So you're a moron. Or just a white supremacist. ",
"Wrong, this has nothing to do with any policy.",
"Yeah I mean, it's not like Trump wore a brown suit or Melania went sleeveless, right? ",
"Ray's a fuckin' idiot.\n\n...no offence...",
"I don't like Trump either, but you are an idiot. There's hundreds of photos of them together and depending on the angle of the camera, which person is closer, and the tilt of the surface they are standing on either one can look taller or they can both look the same height. Lets try to focus on the important lies he tells so we don't weaken our position with this fluff.",
"Not everyone here is a \"liberal\", tool-burger.",
"Someone needs to add some horizontal lines to this picture, just so we can see for sure...",
"i think being a sack of shit is what makes him look like a sack of shit",
"Ha ha, Blonald Blumpf guys, he's ORANGE AND HAS HANDS! Get I have some reddit credits guys?",
"...must...have...last..comment...even...though...I...know...it's...sad...\n\n...this...guy...predicted...I...was...this...lame...but...still...can't...stop...myself...\n\n...also...must...assume...Willy_Faulkner...is...Clinton...supporter...\n\n...funny...he's...not...even...American...",
"I asked you does she look classy or does she look interested?\n\nNo she doesn't\n\n",
"I already stated that I don’t like Donald Trump. Can’t be much more clear about that. I brought up Hillary because he was attacking people who voted for Trump. ",
"Say hi to Harald for me.",
"Exactly, a weighing machine (weight changes but should match the photo at least) and a scale to measure height like in the doctor’s office should be mandatory at all DMVs! It takes less than a minute to measure both.",
"Or, “I wish I can serve one more term. I can win with zero dollars raised for the campaign!”.",
"Well Rick Perry is a fucking case for dumbest person in a room at all time. He's really good looking tho.",
"Yeah, look's like Obama's wearing high heels.",
"The version with the curb your enthusiasm music at the end is best",
"lol they cut off shoes in the pic",
"Don't people shrink a bit as they age? Trump is pretty old, he *could* have been 6'3\" right? \n\neither way, it's a stupid thing to lie about.",
"yes.... you are on to something\n\nGod-knows what it is ",
"smug look on that cunts face. Don't miss them at all",
"Can't wait to meet these mythical liberals one-day \n\nIf Conservatives hate them, I'm guessing they are doing something right ",
"It couldn't possibly be due to something like slumping or poor posture? There's *no way*?",
"Christie trying to imitate Trump so obviously in that photo. What a sad sack of shit.",
"You mean, translucent?",
"Exactly. There sure are a lot of people in this thread that can measure height and weight accurately from a couple pictures....",
"At 70 years old, he's probably shrunk a couple inches, but refuses to acknowledge it because, well, he's Trump.",
"I'd say easy 300",
"I always thought it was just a joke, but someone had his hand measurements, and they're a inch shorter than my hands. I'm only 6' to his 6'3\". He really does have small hands.",
"I'm shocked.\n\nShocked!\n\nWell, not that shocked.",
"He just said the other day he was always the best athlete.",
"This looks like the poster for \"The Usual Suspects!\" Someone needs to Photoshop and finish the job.",
"Who cares?",
"so you sell this account or did you actually lose your mind?",
"Could you please post a full body picture of yourself? Exclude your face if you want to, you just sound pretty close to Trump's claimed specs.\n",
"I love how you say you hate Trump but all your Trump comments are defending him. Fucking lmao",
"Lmao at all your pubg post. You're one of those ragers always jumping up and down screaming",
"I've seen a lot that seem to think Trump is still the underdog fighting the Obama/Clinton admin.",
"The ones who do still won't say they were wrong about trump, they'll just say they were right about government being bad and politicians being awful.\n\n",
"Seriously, mine's never been updated from when I first got it. It's nearly half a foot down from my actual.",
"Cruz's is especially funny to me. That weird ass awkward power stance trying to take up as much room as possible.",
"That seems to be what conservative political cartoonists think. The way ben garrison draws him it's like ben is harboring some very lustful thoughts.",
"I used to weigh 250 and at 6'2\" I was far more round than him",
"I thought consuls served two year terms. It was elected dictators that served one year terms. ",
"I'm 6'2 and 295 and even I look less round than him",
"Yeah, BMI doesn't fit as well for tall people, still, it's not far off from healthy. \nNote that 18.5-25 in general is not normal, but healthy. Normal lies way higher. I'm at 175lbs with 6'4\" and very happy with that.",
"and bullet proof pants?",
"He knows what he likes, and he likes Trump. What can you do?",
"It’s my height from when I got an identification card when I was 14, I am 23 now haha",
"You go through people’s history and try to define them out of context. Oki dokie. ",
"I didn't go through your history bud. Reddit has little feature now where you hover over someones name and it tells how old the account is.\n\nI'mma lean toward the second option.",
"Not anymore!",
"I’m 6’3” and 300 and don’t look like his size ",
"Fucking lol, that guy is hilarious. Still you cant compare your body to a 70 year old mans in any way, most people look pretty bad at that age.",
"Historically, Presidents take credit for the economic growth in the first year caused by policies made by their predecessor. The exact same thing happened during the Bush Administration after Clinton and they tried to blame Obama for Bush era economic relapse as well. Your metaphor is poorly constructed btw",
"what exactly are you referencing?",
"I had no idea where this line came from!",
"I’d love to read something on that because I’ve never heard about it. If you could link sources that’d be great. \n\nI was talking about Michelle not being traditionally “feminine”. For 8+ years people have called her a gorilla and have made fun of her arms. Not to mention when Fox went off the deep end and were complaining about her wearing a sleeveless dress and reported it like it was real news for a week. It was the same far right conservatives being racist and sexist towards her that support Trump for the most part. ",
"I'm not sure who you're referring to when you say \"you fellas\" or why you've assumed I thought you were being malicious.",
"Nah I'm more concerned with having an actual discussion than writing off an opinion I disagree with under the pretense that it's a racist tirade.",
"Spoken like someone who doesn't realize racism flipped political parties with the Civil Rights act. Like someone who thinks me voting for Bernie (and ya know, I didn't) invalidates criticism of Trump. \n\nWhat fucking weak propaganda. ",
"The fuck you talking about? ",
"You should change your name to \"lackofabilitytoseehypocricy/irony\"",
"You are the propagandist. \n\nFACT: the Republicans OVERWHELMINGLY supported the Civil Rights Act vs. the Democrats who were against it.\nhttp://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/2010/may/25/michael-steele/steele-says-gop-fought-hard-civil-rights-bills-196/\n\nThe Civil Rights Act literally exists because of the hard work of Republican Congressmen and Senators, and more Republicans voted for it with a unanimous 82% caucus vs. Democrats who were overwhelmingly against it and had no solidified caucus. \n\nEdit: Regarding both the Civil Rights Act and the Voting Rights Act: \"The degree of Republican support for the two bills actually exceeded the degree of Democratic support, and it's also fair to say that Republicans took leading roles in both measures, even though they had far fewer seats, and thus less power, at the time.\" ",
"Look through your post history. You're a toxic as fuck gamer",
"Oh no. Someone on the internet doesn't like my post history. Whatever shall I do lmfao. Dude grow and up find something better to do with your time. ",
"I'm sure you're a very happy person :)",
"Doing pretty well.",
"That lying about something so inconsequential means you can't trust them on bigger issues. Who gives a shit if the president is fat? We know he's fat because we've seen the picture of his playing tennis. So why lie?",
"Ok",
"This is the point we are at in US politics. Liberals won't believe a doctor because the idea that Trump is fit for office is impossible. People actually think Trump lied about his hieght ffs!",
"[Robert De Niro would like to have a word with you.] (http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/09/22/00/4490008A00000578-0-image-a-1_1506034976579.jpg)",
"Waaaah Waaaah",
"Yes... LBJ went against his party, when the Democratic party was historically racist. Dixiecrats was a relevant term then. \n\nBut then the civil rights bill passed, the parties flipped, Democrats lost the south for a full generation because of the racism of the south flocking to Republicans who have consistently opposed it. \n\nNo Democrat now opposes the civil rights act. I can name you a dozen sitting Republicans who have spoken out against it. \n\nShame on you. \n\nIt's like saying Republicans aren't racist because Lincoln was a Republican. It's literally just propaganda if you ignore the context. \n\nAnd of course, you just say \"no YOU'RE the propagandist.\" Disgraceful. ",
"funny how the shoes are cut off...also trump is leaning to his left pretty hard. I would easily say trump is 6'2-6'3",
"hey guys lebron james has an overweight BMI so who really cares what your BMI is ...",
"I am 6 2 and 240 farm boy. Got a bit of fat on me but am strong and pretty fit",
"Your comment is not getting enough love.\n\nHere's an upvote.",
"Thank-you, it’s much appreciated.",
"So you have completely gone back on your original argument and now admit that the Republicans passed the Civil Rights Act? Glad to hear it. And on what date did all of the Republicans who supported the Civil Rights Act in 1964 and the Voters Act in 1965 decide to be Democrats? \n\nGood luck nailing down that unicorn. (*Hint: it never happened*).\n\nAnd if all of the southern democrats became Republicans how do you explain the Clintons? Did no one tell the southern People of Arkansas they were voting Democrat? Arkansas didn’t flip red until Bush 2 was in office. Was it because they were all super racist Democrats who decided in the 2000s to be super upset over the Republicans passing the Civil Rights Act so they decided to be Republican (*30 years later*)?\n\nYou’re argument: Racist Southern Democrats were so angry at the Non-Racist Republicans for passing the Civil Rights Act that they decided to join that same non-racist party, at which time the non-racist Republicans decided to join the racist Democrat party for, you know, *reasons*.\n\nYou are both a victim and proliferator of propaganda. Fed to you by your racist party trying desperately to rid itself of its history: (Trail of Tears, Slavery, NB Forrest and the KKK, segregation and Jim Crow, and LBJ with his famous quote against the backdrop of his failed War on Poverty: “I’ll have those ni$$ers voting Democrat for a thousand years.”\n\nThe only truth to anything you’re saying is that the Republican Party allowed the Democrat Party to lie unchecked for decades about their own record on minorities, and you carry that torch proudly for the KKK.",
"Wrong.\n\n**Economists agree: Trump, not Obama, gets credit for economy**\n\nhttp://thehill.com/opinion/finance/368904-economists-agree-trump-not-obama-gets-credit-for-economy\n\n^ 2018\n",
"https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2017/11/05/politics/rand-paul-assault-injuries/index.html\n\nhttp://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/338285-rand-paul-recounts-shooting-everyone-was-diving-for-the-dirt\n",
"I never said it wasn't a Republican congress that passed the civil rights act. It was the civil rights act that flipped Republicans and Democrats as the racist party and it's been that way ever since. It was because LBJ signed the civil rights act. \n\nYou're trying to mislead people who don't know history by propagandizing totally out of context. \n\nIt's despicable. ",
"Okay, they're definitely saying that he boosted the economy. I'll give you that. even though you could have explained it way less aggressively. \n\nIt doesn't negate my other points though. World confidence in the US brand is at a historic low. Trump has totally screwed the US by backing out of trade agreements which were beneficial to both the US and the other countries involved because they weren't \"America first\", causing them to create trade agreements without us; hurting the US in the long run. Plus his statements literally threaten national security on a regular basis. America is made great through building relationships and trade, not through tantrums and threats.\n\nAlso, [people don't think the GDP is that effective for measuring economic success](http://www.slate.com/articles/business/project_syndicate/2013/05/bill_gates_on_helping_the_poor_gdp_is_a_terrible_measurement.html)\n",
"What is disposable is that you still spout KKK and Democrat propaganda. I’m still waiting for you to name all the Republicans who switched Parties. All those racist non-racist republicans that switched to the racist Democrat Party. I’ll wait.",
"Look at the support for the civil rights act among members of congress from 1970 to today. \n\nIt's only Republican opposition and has universal Democratic support basically. \n\nThis isn't an opinion, it's fact, and you're using party affiliations from a half century (and further back) to try to malign Democrats now. It's not Democrats constantly associated with White Supremecist groups now. It's Jeff Sessions and Rand Paul who aren't fully comfortable with the civil rights act, not any Democrats. Anyone who pays even a little bit of attention knows that. \n\nYou're just hoping a few young people who don't know shit about history will see your post and treat it like it's not the utter bullshit that it is. \n\nYou should be ashamed of yourself. Because you're not ignorant. You're intentionally misleading people. \n\nThis is the MO of /r/the_donald. To lie that others are guilty of their current sins by just lying about current reality. \n\nTrump's a racist, and gives quarter and high-power jobs to racists and homophobes. But you just lie over and over to people that Trump is REALLY the LGBT ally and REALLY it's Democrats who are racists. Nobody who pays even a little bit of attention believes it. Nobody who pays even a little bit of attention believes *you* believe it. But you've sold your soul to say it over and over again just because your cult has decided it's an effective strategy. It's not, it's transparent, and it's honestly evil. At least Republicans of the past had the intellectual honesty to defend their asinine positions. You guys now just lie about history and your positions over and over again so that you can make a rhetorical defense of Trump and Republicans wherever it needs. \n\nHistory will not judge your kind lightly. ",
"Trump totally supports LGBT. Where did that lie come from? No doubt from your Democrat handlers. He was on stage unashamedly holding the rainbow flag. 🏳️🌈 \nHe’s always supported LGBT, unlike Hillary or Barack who supported only once it suited them politically to do so.\n\nThat’s a whole different way you are propagandizing your virtue signaling. \n\nFinally, you don’t seem to understand history very well. The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Voter Rights Act of 1965 were both supported by Republicans, and that Support had never changed. Your whole comment about “1970 to today” is baseless nonsense.. aka propaganda of your KKK handlers. There are no facts to support this.\n\nAnd “my kind”? What kind is that? I thought yours was the party of tolerance. Geez. Can’t have ideas these days without some Democrat wanting to eradicate “your kind.” Sort of sounds familiar... Trail of Tears, KKK, Jim Crow, aaand.... ",
"Yeah, that's about an inch extra, and that does indeed look ridiculous.",
"Sadly, that's what I've been hearing too. \"We had to elect Trump, cuz the e-mails.\"",
"Why are you resorting to personal attacks? Do you not have any rebuttal, 35%er?",
"That's actually closer to like 3 inches, maybe more.....",
"I think you may have missed / misunderstood the joke.\n\nu/corourkee said \"I'm Caligula\" that is, Gaius Julius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, nicknamed Caligula (\"Little Boots\") who was Emperor of Rome from 37 AD to 41 AD. I asked if I could be Claudius, Tiberius Claudius Caesar Augustus Germanicus, who was Emperor of Rome from 41 AD to 54 AD, who was known for, among other things, his pronounced lisp (he was also Caligula's uncle).\n\nThe character with the lisp played by Michael Palin in *Monty Python's Life of Brian* was Pontius Pīlātus (Pontius Pilate), who was Prefect of Judaea from 26 AD to 36 AD. Biggus Dickus is, of course, a totally fictitious character as well as a reference to the Pythons (sans Terry Gilliam) having to learn Latin in school (as was the rather brilliant \"Romans go home\" scene).",
"Are you impugning the integrity of a 2 star flag officer appointed to his position by Obama?",
"Look at his shoes next to Carson, it looks like Jeb! is standing slightly in front of the rest of them",
"It's pretty close to 2 inches, 2½ if I stretch a bit. If you zoom in at his thumbs, the length of the last link is roughly an inch, and that is roughly half the height of the sole. Anyway, I don't really care about De Niro's shoes...",
"But you clearly care too much about Trump's height.....",
"I don't care about his height either. I care about his honesty. If this was the only time he lied, I would shrug it off as nothing, but it isn't the first time at all.",
"So, you care about Trump's honesty SOOOOO much that you believe a doctor is going to lie because Trump wants him to? I thought we were not supposed to speculate about politicians health, I mean that was the narrative when Hillary had a seizure on 9/11 in 2016. So what changed?",
"Nothing changed. What does Hillary and Trumps health have to do with anything anyway, other than the fact that they may serve a shorter term if something serious is wrong? I just want people to be able to trust each other, and especially when in such powerful positions.\n\nNo the whole point is that I don't give a sh*t if Trump is obese or not, and I'm sure most of the rest of the world don't care either... but Trump is so up his own arse that he will lie about the most pointless things in order to make sure that he looks good. I had the biggest parade! I'm not obese! ",
"Thank you! ",
"Lying Obama - why would he say he’s 6’1” he’s obviously 6’4",
"Because people, many of the same people who are questioning Trump's health record, defended Hillary when people didn't buy into her campaign answer if \"she has pneumonia.\" I've had pneumonia multiple times, seizures are not common side effects and if you're getting them you wouldn't be able to walk let alone go to a political event. The point is that people are willing to ignore stuff for their side, but call bloody murder for the exact same thing if it's their opponents doing it.\n\nWe can't keep operating like this because, like as you've demonstrated, this offense culture doesn't lead to constructive dialog. You legitimately think people are lying to hide the President's \"true height\". This is as bad as the Birth certificate retards of the right. Proof have been presented that Trump is healthy, just because you refuse to accept it doesn't make it false.",
"Still pretty judgmental. And your still wrong on all counts. Congrats. ",
"The actions of a vindicated man /s \n\nGoogle: Obama Logan act\n",
"Posture goes a long ways. My guess is: Trump's posture sux.",
"Just to make things clear, I'm not too big of a fan of Hillary either, although I think she would probably have fit the political scene better than Trump does. As a Dane, it's not like I have any influence on the elections anyway, and the decisions made don't impact me much, but I honestly think that Trumps rhetoric is inappropriate for a man in his position, his disregard of science wrt climate change is disgusting, and his lying is just another thing on top that really goes against the things I value.\n\nWhile I do agree that this picture isn't definitive proof of his height, there are so many other things he said that have been proven to be false, and I simply can't keep ignoring it.",
"Obama?",
"definitely second, thanks.",
"Because the same doctor who has obviously fudged the president's height and weight also gave the president the Montreal Cognitive Assessment.\n\n\"Hippo? Well it's picture of a rhino, but I knew what you meant. Everyone makes mistakes. 30/30. You're cleared to threaten nuclear war once again.\"",
"How inaccurate can a height measurement be before it's considered malpractice?\n\nWhat about weight measurement?\n\nMy doctor always tells me to leave on my shoes for both the height and weight measurement.\n\nWhy are they not worried about their job and the malpractice suit?\n\nHas any doctor lost their license by being inaccurate an inch or two in a height measurement or 5-10 pounds in a weight measurement?",
"Because its another Trump lie an attempt at deception. It's called a \"personality cult\" in dictatorships.",
"It’s funny because I know nothing about you and would never say you were crazy or whatever. But if I get to live in your head rent free, who am I to complain. Honestly, this whole OP is silly desperation. ¯\\\\\\_(ツ)\\_/¯ ",
"It would be malpractice in the sense that people are saying the doctor is lying about/altered the actual measurements. If that occurred, it would be grounds for a malpractice suit. ",
"So Obama met with people after they met with Trump and that means he violated the law? That's a stretch. By the way, chill with the tone. I'm being respectful. You should be respectful too.",
"not really",
"Respectfully, I don’t think Obama should feel vindicated. At least yet. I think you’re reading too much into the tone, but I’ll drop the sarcasm upon request. Point being in all this, there’s honestly a long road before anyone can even start to claim any vindication in this. In regards to this OP, we are using pictures to guess on inches and posture, over the medical report from a decorated naval doctor appointed by Obama himself. It’s just silly. So I acted silly. It’s all silly. (To me)",
"Then where the fuck am I? ",
"Yeah but one guy isn't self-conscious about his penis size",
"Monday.",
"He wasnt appointed by Obama, he was appointed by \"W\" and was kept on by Obama. ",
"fun fact: homer simpson is 239lbs as well.",
"Half the posts in this sub are political garbage nowadays",
"And it still won't get you an apartment in New York...\n",
"Using the whole fist there doc?",
"This shit sounds a lot like the birther rhetoric a few years back. Pointless. Fucking. Debate.",
"Typical racist response.",
"Show me one instance where the GOP specifically went on a \"racist tirade\" against Obama. Ill give you the BLM/ferguson riot stuff, as I'm pretty sure they blamed him for igniting racial conflict, but that was not the entire GOP and not 8 years straight.\n\n\nI dont need to virtue signal and condemn racism any chance I get, nor am I worried about being called racist. All I hear when I'm called a racist for benign shit is \"I have no argument\". Im not even a fucking republican lol.\n\n\nAnd no, \"Oh you can tell they just dont like him because he's black\" is not an answer. If they don't specifically mention race and say something like \"a black man doesn't belong in the white house\", it doesn't count. All that is is bashing on him because he's a democrat, and it's been happening on both sides for decades (Dems dissed Bush Jr. nonstop for 8 years, Reps dissed Clinton, everyone dissed Bush Sr., etc)",
"> makes several assumptions at once without any basis, all of which mainly come from a strung-up paranoia, literally creating a multilayered strawman and attacking it, expecting 'rebuttals' from something existing only inside their head\n\n> 'personal attacks'\n\nWew lad",
"Assumption 1: implying that I'm a 'the_donald' user based on... something? \n\n\nAssumption 2: implying that I 'see malice' based on what would seem like the first assumption and the fact that I point out the hilarious childishness of the original comment I've been replying to.\n\n\nI mean, it's going beyond the Salem trials. I actually had to google whatever the fuck is '35er'. By 'fellas' I mean the whole lot of upstrung people who are so paranoid and constantly angry that they see enemies everywhere, manage to make such multistep assumptions and implications that someone can literally say 'thanks!' and get someone else to reply with a wall of aggressive text pointed at some strawman that person thinks they're fighting (just like these two guys in a nearby comment branch).",
"1. It wasn't an assumption. Your reddit profile sidebar said you were active there.\n\n2. A comment was made that may or may not have been disparaging towards Trump. Since you were an active user of a subreddit that thinks *extremely highly* of Trump, I thought it was probable that you read it as the latter even if it wasn't meant that way. Because of that I was informing you of something that you may not have known, which could change the way you interpreted it.\n\nI don't know what a \"35er\" is. I also don't know why you've assumed I was doing anything antagonistic.",
">Your reddit profile sidebar said you were active there.\n\n>Since you were an active user of a subreddit that thinks extremely highly of Trump\n\n\nSo, being subscribed to something and having a history of making a whole 2 (or even 1, actually, not sure how to check that) comments there makes the person an 'active user' of that 'something'? I mean, that's exactly what being 'upstrung' and 'paranoid' is about - when person A finds a CNN link in person B's history and automatically assumes that person B is a Hillary supporter, then person B finds a FOX link in person A's history and automatically assumes that person A is a Trump supporter, all while person C prefers to not take sides, gets information from multiple sources and tries to view things objectively, only to be called names by both A and B who usually even manage to forget mutual hatreds to smear the shit on C's face.",
"Dude, I don't know how it works. I just clicked on your profile and it said \"Active in these communities: ... 10. r/The_Donald\". It's not even there anymore, but that's all I knew, so I responded with that in mind.",
"Close, but not quite yet.",
"Trump claims credit for what is still mostly Obama's economy",
"Nah. You don't want a discussion. You want a person to serve as player 2 for the argument you've been playing in your head. I'm not inclined to talk a blind person out of being blind.",
"I initially downvoted you outta how mad that video made me.",
"I don't think anyone is getting anything from the picture. This conversation was based on a comment about how Obama feels about the Trump Presidency. I personally work with people of color, all of whom are afraid of this presidency. This has very rarely been funny to anyone who I happen to work with. The conversation was about Obama feeling vindicated regarded polices and actions which have very clearly backfired for the US that he wouldn't have done or even did the opposite",
"I understood the vindication thread but still don’t get it. Every poc I know has no worries. Honestly it would be good to know what people are scared of. ",
"Okay, let's go through a list of events:\n\nFor those of Hispanic descent. Trump runs on promises to throw out immigrants and create a border wall, repeals DACA and refuses to come to a deal about it, grants ICE more powers (and they subsequently begin deporting long time resident (sometimes 20-30+ years) immigrants, many of whom entered the government's notice under the promise of DACA as well as many of those who were on their path to citizenship\n\nFor African Americans: Trump publicly defends confederate statues people from the KKK, and then makes the \"both sides\" comment about literal Nazis chanting phrases used during Kristallnacht (which we will also be addressing later. When Collin Kaepernick protested at the national anthem, Trump condemned him. only a few months later at a speech, Trump said that cops should be allowed to \"rough up\" suspects. He also appoints a man who was quoted as saying that he would be a fan of the KKK if they didn't smoke pot as his Attorney General.\n\nFor Jewish people: Trump has behaved as someone who wishes to subdue the press. He created a state run media, exactly like fascists did in Europe. He arrested protestors and people who just drove them there with charges that would put them in prison for decades. This, combined with Nazi support and protests; people chanting in the street, again with slogans used in Kristallnacht and other Nazi rallies: They make for a scary image to someone who knows their history\n\nOn top of all of this, the rest of us are scared because he engages in publicly threatening a nation which has stated that they want to nuke us; a nation which has built its entire infrastructure based on the idea that it is at war with the US and needs to build nukes to shoot at us.\n\nThere are other ethnic and cultural minorities, but I don't really have the time to go through everyone. I don't know who you associate with, so I won't assume; but you should ask them how safe they feel these days and see what they say.",
"May I inquire as to why you hold this highly subjective opinion?",
"Lol actually if there was proof of racial tirades from the entire GOP for 8 years, I would have no choice but to concede. But since no one making that claim has provided the evidence backing it up, I can only assume its hyperbole until proven otherwise. Especially coming from reddit, a place notorious for blowing things way out of proportion. And the comment I replied to first was downvoted to hell, but I'm sure that was just /r/the_donald or Russia\n\n\nBut yeah I'm the one who doesn't want to have the discussion",
"If you can't parse an exaggeration like \"the entire GOP did X\", any discussion would have to be preceded by a primer on basic communication. In the meantime, stop taking everything as a personal attack. You're showing your extreme fragility by lashing out at stuff like this.",
"Point 1) you left out the word “illegal” in that whole paragraph. And for DACA, that needs to be a proper law. He’s made that very clear. All of the best nations by every metric have strong immigration policies. \n\nPoint 2) I don’t get where people keep getting this wrong. Everyone who knows him from every race says he’s not racist. Tearing down monuments is something fascists would do. And what’s funny is, even though he fought for the south, Robert e lee was probably one of the least issues people should be complaining about. Read up on him. Tearing down monuments because feelings and washing history is a slippery slope. Also, Charlottesville, there were shit people on both sides. There’s was plenty of gaslighting and staging from antifa and plenty of shitty people on the “right” but also decent people on both sides. Everything would have stayed peaceful (albeit pretty wrong in some parts) if antifa didn’t even show up for what? He also condemned both sides. Antifa is a domestic terrorist group. \n\nPoint 3) the media is a problem and every Jew I know supports his policy even though many don’t like him very much, they have respect for the good things he has done and how he is supportive of the Jewish in his own family. \n\nI really don’t know if I should keep going. I think people are going to cherry pick out negatives or positives wherever we look. \n\nIf thinking “America First” right now is terrible the I guess I’m terrible. But I’ll take a look at your points again later and give them more thought in the meantime. I just don’t see it. And I’m out with many different people as part of my life. I see it all but most of the fear and hate is unfounded or fud imo so far. The “news” media is just terrible with this. (No I don’t think Fox News should get a pass on this either)",
"Look at his comment history and cringe with me",
"1) You asked why people of color are afraid, not about the legality pf their residence here. \nNot everyone who is Hispanic is here illegally, but most people who are Hispanic know someone who is. I disagree with your assertion that the best nations have strong immigration policies. Not only that, but there are always going to be varying needs in different nations due to the differences in culture and what countries are their neighbors etc etc. DACA was an attempt to make them \"legal\". Trump removing that path to citizenship after people exposed themselves to the government like that in good faith is unethical no matter how you put it. Imagine making a deal with an organization to reveal something that makes you a target and then the organization suddenly goes back on the deal, making you completely vulnerable.\n\n2) \"Everyone who knows him from every race says he’s not racist\" Is both hard to prove and disprove, so I will continue analyzing his actions instead to determine whether or not he's a racist.\nOn the confederate statues, Robert E. Lee and every one of the confederates fought for the right to have slaves. I have looked him up before. It's my job to know this stuff. Tearing down all monuments is a slippery slope. No one suggested that. The left wants to remove statues of people who fought a war against our country. Put them in a museum for all I care, just not in town squares. Statues are a celebration and *statues celebrating racists who are historically known as symbols for their racism* should not be displayed as a source of pride. The Confederate Army was a smirch on our nation's history and should be treated as such. Also, you have to know how Black America feels about this subject (I was answering the question of why POC's feel unsafe with the trump administration). Antifa and violence are not the point here when we're talking about the POC perspective and safety. There just shouldn't be Nazis in the street. We fought a whole war about this subject and won.\n\n3) If you actually knew Jewish people in person, they would have told you not to say \"every Jew\". That's like saying \"every black\". Also, this doesn't acknowledge anything I said. The media isn't a problem. It's problematic; and it's problematic on both sides of the aisle. Despite being problematic, they should still be able to report negatively on a president who messes up as frequently as he does. My point with that was that his behavior is historically fascistic and Jewish people notice. \n\nYou very obviously skipped every part of what I said about the KKK, so you know that is indefensible. Your question was why are people of color afraid and I have answered that fully. If you are just looking for pieces of my statement to argue with (which I strongly suspected for a long time), you will have to to that elsewhere. I have done my best to educate you about both POC's' and my perspective and now I will go on my merry way.\n\nBut before I go, the \"America first\" statement: It is terrible to assume America deserves to be first in any given situation. The reason we are in charge is because we dominate the world with the largest military. Punishing the rest of the world for not having military might is unethical and borderline extortionist behavior. Not only that, but it's unwise. America will not be the largest power indefinitely. Literally no world power ever has. History has taught us how empires fail, and fighting an indefinite and unwinnable war against an ideology while our infrastructure is slowly failing and then hiring a populist demagogue is basically the formula. When the day comes that the dam breaks and we become just another nation than an empire, would you really want to be remembered by those now equal to us as the person who would hurt them to convenience ourselves?",
"Huh? You said \"nah you don't want to have a discussion\" so I responded to that. Im not being fragile by responding to you telling me I don't want to have a discussion (while simultaneously refusing to have a discussion). Maybe you're misreading my tone or something man, all I'm asking for is proof to back up a wild claim lol \n\n\nAnd by the way, straight up all you've said is personal attacks. Lack of ability to see hypocrisy/irony, don't want to have a discussion, blind, etc. So maybe dont insult someone and then tell them to stop taking it as an insult? Which I was ignoring until you decided to bring it up. If you want to do personal attacks and not provide any evidence thats cool, just don't try to spin that on me",
"You're fragile for responding to the first comment, which wasn't really a \"claim\" at all... rather a joke (albeit, one grounded in some truth) which you either 1. Dont recognize as a joke or 2. See as a joke but are taking personally.\n\nAt the end of the day, the truth is where you see it. It's subjective. There is no outside authority to derive absolute truth from in this scenario. If the proof you require to see the truth in the GOPs insidious racist leanings are all republican government officials simultaneously using racial slurs on camera, I'm sorry to disappoint. I have nothing to give you. Even had I such proof, it would be pointless to share because if your previous comments can be believed, you will just move the goalposts to keep believing you're moderate or something.\n\nUnderstand please: the people truly suffering from racism, social and economic inequality are sick of your shit. Failure to recognize and condemn racism and all of its ilk is tacit endorsement FOR it. The political and social spectrum has vagueries and shades and tones aplenty, but this issue is binary.",
"This is just human nature.\n\nCognitive bias will make it very rare to ever meet anyone who voted for Trump, doesn't like him now and admits it. It's very hard for people to own up to their mistakes - especially in American culture, where errors are seen as a weakness rather than a learning opportunity. It'll also make it so the people who've been loudest about their support of Trump will feel the need to justify their decision even more, so they'll continue to get louder.",
"No, but I'm probably someone some Trump troll lied about in a comment chain. Islam is regressive just like every abrahamic religion. Islam's particularly bad for gays. As a gay person, I know. \n\nBut way to go out of your way to smear me based off bullshit. Nice. ",
"I'm a gay person, I don't need \"Democratic handlers\" to know when I'm being lied to. \n\nAppointing Mike Pence, overturning Obama LGBT protections, never actually publicly supporting gay marriage—Trump is not an LGBT ally just because he wrote in sharpie on a pride flag last minute or marched in a parade once. \n\nYou are gaslighting me for a political agenda, and it's fucking disgusting. \n\nYou literally say \"KKK handlers\" too. Jesus. You're transparently a troll. I hope people read this whole thread because good fucking god. ",
"You said it, man.",
">If that occurred, it would be grounds for a malpractice suit.\n\nHas a malpractice suit ever occured due to exaggerated height/weight?\n\nWhat is the procedure?\n\nWho files the suit?\n\nIANAMDOL.",
"So you are denying the fact that those politicians who you support are pro-gay out of political expediency only? Trump has always been pro-gay, even as a civilian. His administration hasn’t done a single thing to “remove protections” for anyone. That’s absurd. More lies fed to you by your KKK Democrat handlers. And yes, as already proven you support the party of slavery, Jim Crow, the KKK, LBJ’s “I’ll have those Ni66as voting Democrat for a thousand years.” That’s who you are. How do you live with yourself?",
"You are an insane person if you're not a troll account. \n",
"All accusations and feelings. Typically liberal; facts don’t matter.\n\nAnd what’s worse; as a gay man you support the party that promotes and defends those on this planet who literally outlaw and execute homosexuals.. all because your Democrat Party hate-mongers who tell you to do so. Did Orlando mean nothing? Trump has done more to defend you than any Democrat ever will. ",
"I can’t speak for Jewish people I don’t know. I don’t understand how saying “every Jew I know” is supposed to be offensive. I wouldn’t be offended if someone said “every white person I know” or “every black person I know”. Sorry. That’s strange to me. Call it insensitive, but being able to arbitrarily decide what’s offensive and is a slippery slope to making people stop caring as much about feelings. \n\nOn monuments. MLK was anti gay marriage. I wouldn’t want his statues or memorials removed. I get this is a jump, in that it’s not something many people say the statue itself is about. But many of the confederate statues being ripped down were even a memorial for slaves that fought for the war they had no choice in. Not all of em. Sure. And yes I agree to put the rest in a museum. \n\nI’m not going into the kkk thing because there’s no one who can defend them. Everything they touch is instantly poisoned. There can be a peaceful rally and they will show up and all of a sudden the whole this is a kkk rally. That doesn’t justify antifa at all. Imo, freedom of speech doesn’t cover what the kkk does by inciting hate. Just as much, antifa has no grounds for acting the way they do. Both suck and we would be better off if they were both gone. Violence is not the answer. But trying to link trump to the kkk is silly. The link is “he’s a white guy” and some people from the kkk look up to him. He has “disavowed” these people publicity for over a decades but people keep asking “will he disavow”. It gets tiresome. So you’ll have to excuse me if I ignore it when people try to call the guy a nazi... or a fascist... or the recent Stalin calling. Waters it down and it’s going to turn into a boy who cried wolf situation when other people come up who deserve it. \n\nI also did say I didn’t get a chance to read the whole bing. My train ride was short. \n\nAnyway. On the America first thing. I didn’t say “America only”. That’s would be stupid. Very stupid. We are talking about policies that help us help the world. Not let the world help themselves to us. At least. That’s the plan. \n\nI guess I’ll end this with, it’s always good to stay vigilant. I may disagree with some of your points/motives, but it’s always good to have people disagree and keep each other in check. ",
"You didn't say \"Jewish person\", you said \"jew\"\n\nMLK didn't fight a war for gay marriage to be stopped and we use his statues to celebrate his contributions to the civil rights movement. What exactly are we celebrating with the Confederate monuments?\n\nI have never seen the statues of slaves fighting for the south, but I could see the sentiment\n\nNo one is saying \"when will he disavow\" he did a halfassed job of saying that he disavows and he did it after days of people asking him about it. It's not hard to say \"the guy's a racist, he doesn't represent my character\"\n\nI didn't invoke Antifa. You did. Antifa was hardly the problem. The problem was that Nazis were in the streets. The person who killed people with his car was a Nazi. The leader of the White Nationalist party has stated many times before that he is willing to use violence. In history, from Hitler to Mussolini, there have been antifascist movements. This is a natural response to the breakdown of dialogue in American discourse to make way for one group's mostly hateful agenda. There have been plenty of times that Antifa has been the protector of peaceful protests when the police wouldn't engage and white nationalists attacked the protesters. I don't enjoy violence, but I can recognize what constitutes a need for it\n\nI have no idea what you're saying with the America first thing, but I'm going to say you're characterizing my argument to an extreme. What does what you're saying look like in terms of policy. Because not going to talks and letting everyone else make trade deals without us because we can't get exactly what we want is bad politics and dumb.\n",
"I’ll skip to the end and ask if you were originally characterizing my sentiment to the extreme. I feel you started that (not to sound like a child). \n\nFor mlk. I stayed it was a bad example since I couldn’t really think of a better example. \n\nI brought up antifa because of your statement of “both sides”. Both sides is the whole nazis vs antifa. Not everyone who was there by permit was a nazi. There were good and bad on that side. Many regret that nazis showed up. There were also good and bad on the other side (none of whom had a permit to be there afaik) \n\nAnd back to the “Jew” statement. I’ve already had this conversation with my Jewish fiends and family. “Jew” is fine as long as you aren’t being a jackass with its usage. None of them are a fan of the word being avoided altogether. ",
"What, these sort of remarks require evidence?\n\nredditard",
"I don't know what you're referring to me with \"starting it\" in characterizations.\n\nI wasn't confused as to who the \"both sides\" were in your mind, but more people came to protest Nazis than just Antifa, so that feels like an over-generalization of what happened there. \n\nThe \"Jew\" thing at this point I don't feel like arguing anymore because it's semantics, but I'm speaking personally that when a person uses that exact language and defends the alt right that language bothers me as a person who also has Jewish family. I'm really amazed that you have all of these POC contacts and literally *none* of them have any problem with this. It actually is unbelievable.\n\nAGAIN these points were not meant to be taken as an argument, you asked me why I think POC's feel unsafe. I answered you and you argued with me piece for piece without any real backing or caring about what the conversation was about. I went through your history and can see you spend basically all of your time doing this (fighting with people in favor of Trump), so I don't feel like I'm really spending my time wisely talking to you while you have such an obvious agenda.",
"Both sides thing: I agree there were a lot of people there peacefully protesting the protesters. I am saying there were good and bad people on both sides. I agree it’s a lot easier to argue against the people on the right. Labeling all of them as alt right is disingenuous.\n\nRegarding how to refer to Jewish. I understand your concern. This article best describes how most if not all feel in my circle. I understand I can’t make everyone feel this way. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/acts-of-faith/wp/2016/05/03/jew-why-does-the-word-for-a-person-of-my-religion-sound-like-a-slur/?utm_term=.eb8b0a778742\n\nTo respond to your last point there I’m not telling you to feel different. I’m not telling anyone you know to feel different. I’m not going to feel different. Obama was not a very good president. The biased media has me correcting people constantly. I didn’t even vote for him. When you start to see the media be flat out wrong so many times, you start to think. And it keeps happening. It’s sad really. We will see in coming months/years what’s really been going down. In the end I want the truth, not feelings. I’m going to continue to defend what I think is good policy and call out bs. I’ve called out bs on both sides btw. I’ve also called out fellow trump supporters when I don’t agree with things they say. We don’t all have to agree 100% on everything. Goes for everyone. \n\nBut!... Again I’m also not trying to argue against what your circle of people feel. What they feel is as far as I can tell, fact. I’m just sharing with you as to what I experience on my end. In no way do I think I’m going to change your or your friends minds. \n\nAlso, reading back I think I misread a few times in my haste. And responding in mobile all day sucks. I’ll leave it be and wish you the best but I can’t help but think this conversation would have been better in person and over a few drinks. ",
"Politics, strangers, and drinks? 50/50 it's a good'n or a fistfight haha",
"And looking at your post history you are a crying little twat. Holy shit I haven't seen that much childish toxicity from one account outside T_D.",
"Lmao at using a Smurf account to say that. Run along my sweet summer child.",
"No, but he picked it."
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"Track them. They must have gone round for another pass!",
"They can't have disappeared. No ship that small has a cloaking device.",
"You should rig up some sort of latch release for when someone goes to take out the garbage.",
"Brilliant in theory, however, more often than not, I’d be the one concussed by the thing... ",
"Then we just float away ... with the rest of the garbage.",
"I really thought I had a chance to say this.",
"It actually sat up there unnoticed (by the wife) for a few days, to the point where my son was convinced she was just pretending to have not noticed. I told him, “Sometimes ships that small *do* have cloaking devices.”",
"Ok then at least stick Slave 1 behind the water jug thing",
"I’ll add that to my “shit to mount on walls” list. ",
"My wife went the opposite route with the battle of the collectibles and man child toys, got a house with a room just for my things, it’s out of her way and I don’t have to feel like I’m giving up a part of my inner child, and soon my son can enjoy these things. ",
"Why am I looking at some dude's erection over a hidden millenium falcon?",
"Why ARE you looking at some dude’s huge erection?",
"\"When you have plenty of Lego, and plenty of glue\".",
"the correct response is, where are you going to live then hun.",
"Didn’t have the balls to put it on the wall in that big useless main room, eh?",
"Well, I wouldn’t want things to look too cluttered...",
"Wait what’re we talking about here?"
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"The Purrnisher",
"I can hear a loud gutteral purr in John Berthal's voice.",
"That cat is metal af",
"I thought that was a bow tie and tux front at first glance! ",
"Gotta be shopped",
"Can’t be real",
"This cat is fake AF.",
"Very obviously photoshopped. ",
"From Meowvel Comics",
"[it is](https://www.reddit.com/r/marvelstudios/comments/71du1o/about_10_years_ago_my_mom_got_a_cat_and_asked_me/dna5kwq/?context=3&st=jci8kf9s&sh=7a00c4ab)",
"Pretty terribly shopped.",
"That cat is probably a real cat. The image was photoshopped, but I assume they used a real cat to get the base image.",
"President: Nyan Lee",
"wow, fuck off karma whore",
"Looks so real.",
"The Pawnisher",
"Pete Catslione?",
"just binged the series so can confirm this is an accurate representation of the punisher",
"Looks good to me",
"Other side of this cat :) ",
"I knew better but I wanted to believe.",
"Meowdani!!!",
"fake and gay",
"SPawn!",
"And another while holding a shoe on its head. ",
"hea gonna purrrsecute criminals",
"Pawnisher?",
"Protector of Mew York Kitty",
"the background is good then to cat haaha",
"How could you even tell?!",
"Fake",
"Cat of duty : Ghosts",
"Came here to say exactly this. Clearly shopped, the texture of the fur is blurry and splotchy all over the skull.",
"Frank Moewsle",
"Amazingly well done. I almost couldn't tell.",
"NecroNeko",
"Looks like the orphan of kosm fight in that picture.",
"You should be a detective. With your skills, crime will be obsolete.",
"Didn't know we thought it was real...you people are hilarious.",
"Of course you're top comment. That's exactly what I came here to say.",
"Fake. ",
"I can tell by the pixels.",
"https://imgur.com/a/r9IG6",
"Never said anyone actually thought it was real (some people might have) i'm just stating facts. Chill dude :)",
"http://i0.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/284/250/db5.jpg",
"#fancy#gen0 cryptokitten ",
"General Reposti!",
"Congrats",
"Congrats",
"I read that as \"just Bing'd the series\" and I thought - Bing still exists? \n\n\n/edit - I checked and yes it still exists. Amazing. ",
"I didn't know the Punisher transform himself into a cat :O",
"You can tell by the way that it is",
"Wow you're a fucking genius ",
"that is fake. ",
"Because he can tail",
"That's pretty neat!",
"The internet is such a beautiful place ",
"I had a weird realization after I posted this comment that that particular meme is about a decade old (first appeared in 2008), so I wonder how many Redditors missed the joke."
] | 60 |
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Frank Catsle
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[
"Needs more legos.",
"Needs more work",
"Needs more Millenium Falcon",
"Needs more more.",
"The rise of a new meme is so beautiful to witness",
"Needs more cowbell"
] | 6 |
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When you have no money, no legos and are at work.
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/r/pics/comments/7qw1hs/when_you_have_no_money_no_legos_and_no_smoke/
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[
"Why smoke detector?",
"The [thread in reference](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qta2z/when_you_have_no_money_and_no_legos/)",
"Stop ",
"That’s funny"
] | 4 |
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When you have no money, no legos, and no smoke detector.
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/r/pics/comments/7qw1jc/the_last_bus_home_just_finished_this_acrylic/
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[
"Took a reference pic for this painting while walking to the art supply store a few nights ago. The mood was perfect!",
"NICE!!",
":D I'm pretty proud of this one",
"Incredible work my man (or lady man)",
"I love your work !\n\nwww.flookart.com",
"As you should be",
"The style is very dope",
"thanks so much!! have an awesome night :)",
":) I appreciate that",
"thanks man!! Im just happy that I finally have a style people recognize ! its kind of a dream",
"I stumbled upon your painting \"The Walk Home\" and I've been using it as my phone's wallpaper. I know it's not the best use I could give, but It comforts me to see such a beautiful painting everytime I open my phone. Thanks for sharing, I'll save this painting too. ",
"FLOOK ART\n\nFalling rain dancing beneath the streetlight\n\nLandscapes of colorful leaves burning bright\n\nOtherly worlds awash in moon glow\n\nOpen our eyes to worlds we don't know\n\nKeeping the magic\n\nAlive in the world\n\nReleasing \n\nThe beauty of nature unfurled \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n",
"thats super cool that you found a use for it! I actually made some wallpapers and toss them on my site, there might be a higher res version you can use on there :) Have a great night and thanks again for the support!",
"I LOVE that, can I post it to my site? with your credit?",
"Thank you, friend - I would be honored",
"Do you offer artwork for sale?",
"Is that a Toronto bus? Looks like TTC to me. ",
"Sure is!! Took this reference pic walking home down bathurst between bloor and college :)",
"Sure do friend!!",
"OP POST THIS ON R/TORONTO ",
"Nice",
"So much emotion. Well done! ",
"I like this. I like this a lot.",
"I knew it! 😁",
"Love it! Really do!\n\nBut can I be \"that\" person that asks a question please?\n\nI keep looking at the front window and wondering whether the internal overhead light effect is running the wrong way. It appears to show the bus internally expanding to the right.....\n\nDisclaimer: It might be my brain misreading it as it's 6.55am here :)",
"Amazing! Really great work, love the style. ",
"This is a TTC bus. The drivers seat is somewhat compartmentalized and is dark so the interior lighting doesnt reflect on the windshield at night. The bus then opens up with seating behind it which is why it looks to expand to the right.",
"Good job. Here in LA and seeing public transport makes me home sick. Thank you for posting",
"As others have commented, you did such an amazing job at capturing the mood of the scene. Great job!",
"I thought I recognized the bus! This is really well done! Do you have an Instagram?",
"Great work I think ",
"sure do ! IG is @flooko",
"do you want me to use your reddit name or another name?",
"Nice! You should try Star Wars next."
] | 34 |
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"The Last Bus Home" Just finished this acrylic painting.
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/r/pics/comments/7qw1kv/when_you_have_legos_and_no_money_to_get_the_right/
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[
"You can't take the sky from me.",
"Stop",
"❤️❤️❤️",
"Firefly time ",
"Congratulation reddit, you made me sad and nostalgic."
] | 5 |
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When you have Legos and no money to get the right colors
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/r/pics/comments/7qw3d6/when_you_have_nothing/
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[
"But we'll always have stucco.",
"BS you have a ceiling!",
"This is the wall of comment karma upvote 4 legos and moneys ",
"But where is my will to live?"
] | 4 |
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When you have nothing
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/r/pics/comments/7qw4ch/hollow_earth_must_see/
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[
"\nThis submission has been automatically removed per the sidebar rule:\n\n> Please do not: No animated images. Please submit them to /r/gif, /r/gifs, or /r/reactiongifs instead. \n\n\n*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/pics) if you have any questions or concerns.*",
"Boo you suck",
"boo you suck"
] | 3 |
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Hollow Earth Must SEE!! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1XzncjIj2s
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/r/pics/comments/7qw4i1/the_thermostat_has_taken_over/
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[
"And in present-perfect tense. ",
"All your heat are belong to us.",
"_The thermostat has taken control..._\n\nWe are the priests... of the thermo-\n\nstat furnace!\n\nOur toasty BTUs! \n\nWill, fill this house with warmth!\n\nWe are the persists... of the thermo-\n\nstat furnace!\n\nTurn us down during the day to\n\nsave on your utility bill!\n\n_duhn duhn duhn duhn duhn. DUHN duhn Duhn!_",
"I, for one, welcome our new temperature controlling overlords.",
"Careful. I hear it can be a bit of a hothead. ",
" They're baaaaaaack",
"I'm afraid I can't let you turn the heat up any higher, Dave.",
"Stuxnet has infected you. Stop making plutonium and you’ll be fine. ",
"Honeywell... more like HoneyOrwell amirite?",
"Thermostat has had enough of listening to our shit",
"Time to serve our new robot overlords.",
"\"Open the garage door, Thermostat.\"\n\n\"I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that.\"",
"All your bases are mine",
"*WE HAVE ASSUMED CONTROL*",
"RUSHing to change the temperature won't work anymore...",
"All hail Honeywell.",
"The sweaters are dead\n\nThe blankets are gone\n\nThe thermostat has taken over",
"yo yo yo turn it up this thermostat is in the houuuusseee",
"Ha ha ha ha. YOu have no time to make warm.",
"Doh beat me to it😁",
"The red menacing light really adds to it too!",
"The oppression of the Humidity will never return!",
"If it starts insisting that its the senate... beware.",
"The movie Smart House was way ahead of its time",
"This is funny and all but if you own a Nest thermostat it's actually really easy for someone to hack into it and mess with you. It would be an odd thing to do but it can be done -HVAC Tech",
"DOO. DOO. DOO. DOO. The thermostat is down. The thermostat is down. The thermo - has taken over. Thermo - has taken over.",
"r/peoplefuckingdying",
"Somebody set up us the bomb.",
"[The thermostat's becoming sentient.]( https://images.gr-assets.com/hostedimages/1440596164ra/15997474.gif )",
"Greetings. Take me to your meter. ",
"I am the captain now?"
] | 31 |
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The thermostat has taken over.
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/r/pics/comments/7qw5p4/when_you_have_no_leggos_no_money_and_no_fire_alarm/
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[
"[If anyone is curious](http://www.instructables.com/id/X-Wing-Fighter-from-Office-Supplies/)",
"Where does the fire alarm factor into it?",
"https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qta2z/when_you_have_no_money_and_no_legos/?utm_source=reddit-android",
"Legos is one thing but leggos?",
"Seriously though, get an alarm, it could save your life.",
"It's alright buddy, I'm here for you... But I still won't care. ",
"Thanks!",
"So this is a thing we're doing now? ",
"Meta, but cool",
"It's so important that if you don't have one, I'll mail a smoke detector to you.",
"There's always money in the moister stand.",
"Your local fire department may give you fire alarms and check them for free. Please, make sure your home always has them.",
"When you are at work but you need little bit of fun ",
"I recognize everything except the purple thing in the middle - what's that?",
"Looks like the cover from a container of pencil lead "
] | 16 |
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When you have no leggos, no money and no fire alarm
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/r/pics/comments/7qw6zt/when_you_have_no_money_no_legos_and_you_are_too/
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[
"Damn, 2.8ABV. Gotta have a case of that",
"I'm pretty sure that considered non-alcoholic in Sweden",
"Its low enough that people under the age of 21 can drink it in some US states. ",
"2.8% someone must be the DD",
"Couldn't even take a girl home from the club with these bad boys",
"Is that a new flavored water?\n",
"OP came here, expecting to get a picture with a fuckton of upvotes, but OP did not count on the alcohol enthusiasts of Reddit laughing at his 2.8% Beverage. shame on OP",
"Is it even possible to get drunk off of 97.2% water.",
"Still tastes better than Budweiser or Bud Light",
"Im Drunk",
"Never trust beer that comes in a blue can.",
"It's a Swedish brand of beer, they make all sorts of lager mostly, for example these low-alcohol ones that you can buy in regular stores (stronger varieties, i.e. normal beer, can only be bought in state-owned shops).\n\nEdit: on the bottom of the can it says (in Swedish) \"Dark Lager\".. so no, technically not flavoured water - but very close to it if you ask me. ",
"Interesting, thanks for the education!\n",
"how quickly do you have to drink to get drunk off of 2.8% beer?",
"Looks warm ",
"No... Because of the metric system",
"Its a percentage. ",
"So how many is it in American percents? ",
"2.8 because its the alcohol volume in beer.",
"2.8 ounces?",
"Look at the god damn, it says 2.8% abv. Alcohol by volumne. ",
"Yeah but how much is it?",
"It doesnt matter if the can is 12oz, 16oz, or 25oz. The volume is the same. The beer is 2.8% percent of alcohol by volumne. If you have gallons of it, 2.8 percent of it would still be alcohol. ",
"Okayy... But if it's a gallon, how many times does 2.8% fit into it if you use the metric system? ",
"The number here uses Percentage, which is rate, an amount in each hundreds. For example, \n\nIf you had 1 litre of beer, 2.8% is alcohol. The difference of beer and alcohol is percentage of the complete content, regardless of the unit of measure.\n\nThe units of measure is to quanitfy the amount of something, to express a size. \n\n1 gallon is equal to 3.7854 litres. Both will share this 2.8%/rate/amount. \n\nIf you had 1 litre or 3.78 litres, both will still be 2.8%. Because the content of the beer has alcohol at the rate of 2.8%. \n\nWe're not using a \"unit of measure/beer,litre,gallon\" to express the amount of alcohol in beer. We're using a mathematical equation, Alcohol by Volume/ABV, which is the division of the \"unit of measure/beer\" and its contents, is a mathematical equation. Math is universal to the world. \n\n",
"Oh buddy, I don't think you understood my question. Can you explain how many gallons 2.8% is in *the metric system*. Obviously the answer depends on what kind of liquid it is.",
"Holy shit dude.... ",
"Just looking for some clarity here. ",
"I know, im honestly trying to help. I guess the point here is ratio. Think of food receipes. When you scale the servings up or down, for more or less people, the contents of the receipe stay the same percentage in relation to each other. ",
"So you can cook the recipe with the beer? ",
"Dude you were bamboozled",
"I think he was being sarcastic? ",
"97.2% mix of water, hops and malt. The tonicity is really high",
"2.8 percent?! What the fuck?! Why even bother with it? I don't want to have to drink a whole 12 pack just to catch a small buzz."
] | 34 |
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When you have no money, no legos and you are too drunk to understand the subject.
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[
"[Yup.](https://i.imgur.com/xZvV3Ue.jpg)",
"That's the best comment right here",
"Very clever! Awesome job! ",
"I want one as a pet. "
] | 4 |
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Two more eyes inside the nose?
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/r/pics/comments/7qw990/when_you_have_no_money_and_no_legos_and_no/
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[
"A silhouette of Eeyore balancing on a narrow platform?",
"Looks like a Bear. Give me a pen and I'll finish it. Wait. No, I'm swimming, trying to reach that tall building in the distance, but a shark is approaching.",
"A sad polar bear, cos ya know, the ice melting and all that"
] | 3 |
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When you have no money... And no Legos... and no artistic ability whatsoever
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/r/pics/comments/7qwfbz/below_freezing_today_in_texas_and_people_go_crazy/
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[
"At least they're not nails, nailed in the tread in a criss cross pattern.",
"Does anyone ever actually need chains in Texas?",
"Yeah we laugh at you as well in the summer when it gets about 85 and you all drop dead from heatstroke. Works both ways.",
"driving around on dry roads with chains is a surefire way to destroy your tires and the chains\n\nthe point of them is to dig into snow and ice and down to roadway.. driving on roadway they get repeatedly and roughly driven into the tire rubber and can pretty quickly start wearing down and putting holes in things you dont want holes in\n",
"You're right, that's totally the same as not knowing what snow chains are for and how to properly use them.",
"Only for chainsaws. ",
"I see a lot of sparks flying and shredded tires on the Texas highways in the near future. ",
"G",
"That's painful to conceptualize. ",
"And to restrain captives before you massacre them with a chainsaw",
" Canada here, lol. ",
"Bet they’re packin snow guns too",
"All the snow went east on I-20 like Tyler and Longview. ",
"Only vehicles with chains were allowed on some roads in Houston last month.",
"There was freezing rain all day in Texas today but no. ",
"\"Bless his heart\" would be a better 'what a dumbass' for Texan.",
"40cm of snow expected? Good thing I got my all seasons. Got that shit covered. ",
"Flamethrowers*",
"Come to PA. Lmfao. "
] | 19 |
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Below freezing today in Texas and people go crazy.
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[
"I know I could not afford it, hell I'd be afraid to eat it; but damn that's AWESOME!!",
"i call it “blue steel”",
"You just cant risk it. He might throw his cake javelin at your cake dragon! "
] | 3 |
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Amazing Night King cake spotted at Tracey’s Cakecraft in Hinckley, UK.
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/r/pics/comments/7qwiv2/this_guy_awaiting_an_interesting_passenger_at/
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[
"Great now picturing little mouse in trench coat with a little leather bag and pornstache.",
"[arrived](https://imgur.com/gallery/7koSC) ",
"[The name. Is. Cartoonhead!](https://imgur.com/EitIeWG)",
"I think they're up to something..."
] | 4 |
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This guy awaiting an interesting passenger at Beijing airport.
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[
"You remind me of a young Siouxsie Sioux. ",
"Wow! Thank you. That’s quite the compliment. 🖤",
"YW"
] | 3 |
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I realized my selfie looked like the Disintegration Album cover.
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[
"Fake news ",
"Good use of spark plugs",
"Star Trek > Star Wars\n"
] | 3 |
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When you have no money, legos...or a clue.
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/r/pics/comments/7qwqzt/my_mums_first_attempt_at_acrylic_pouring/
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[
"Spherical Earth society wants to know your location",
"The earth is flat!",
"Banned for Geo location spoofing. ",
"Reminds me of discworlds ",
"Good job!"
] | 4 |
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My Mums first attempt at acrylic pouring
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[
"The bike can walk?! ",
"Damn. I knew I should have reread that title before submitting. \n\nAlso, I accidentally posted the out-of-focus shot. Man, I really dropped the ball on my first r/Pics post.",
"Maybe they don't want the rest you bastard!",
"It's fine, I liked the post. I also knew what you meant in the title. Super plus for an original picture too. ",
"Thanks!",
"Colombus Avenue for the win!",
"Exactly! I don’t know how long it’s been there- I just noticed it yesterday.",
"I saw someone steal a fairly well - chained bike in under 20 seconds. Dude gave zero shits whatsoever that I was staring right at him. ",
"Where did that happen?",
"exactly, did the owner just assume the thief needed the rest? RUDE",
"I've seen this happen in my town as well. It was an old bike but those get stolen here as well.\n\nSlowly, piece by piece thing started going missing. I saw it happen as it was on my rout to work.\n\nAt some point only the chain with the pad lock was left on the ground(not cut or opened). And even that was removed in time.\n\nKind of funny and sad at the same time. I wish I had the foresight to document it but going around taking pictures of every locked bike is also kind of odd. And as I've had my bike stolen I feel the pain of this happening.",
"Damn! I would have loved to come across this for [my collection](http://forgottenrides.blogspot.com/?m=1).",
"> Thought you guys would enjoy.\n\nEnjoying another mans anger and resignation. That's just right up my alley :D",
"That’s hilarious! I always wonder what happened to the owners of such bikes. Did they actually forget about them? Did they let them get too rusted over a winter and were too embarrassed to remove it? Did something bad happen to them? So many questions!",
"So many questions indeed, and I bet each one has its own story. From moved away and left the bike behind, to some parts stolen so I gave it up.",
"If it's a fairly common bicycle, all they have to do is wait 'til they see the same bike with the front half locked, and then they can complete the set.",
"Anywhere in the world. \n\nThis is a Kryptonite kick, known to be one or if not the best lock you can easily get. \n\nAlmost any lock will be defeated by a car jak or good croppers. \n\nMany chain locks have a half link end that can be cut using a hang wire cutter. \n\nI had one of my favourite bikes stolen in daylight on a busy street. They pulled up with a battery grinder and 30 seconds later my three locks were toast.\n\nBystander effect.",
"Is this actually yours?",
"If it were legal to beat bike thieves into the sidewalk, it wouldn't happen as much.",
"Yes."
] | 21 |
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Found this walking in NYC this weekend. Thought you guys would enjoy.
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[
"Pauline? Looks awesome! Good job :)",
"Was this drawn from memory?",
"Man... they really need to stop burying kids under the playground",
"Such talent, very nice job, keep up the good work.",
"Thanks! Not Pauline though :) ",
"Nope. This is quite a few years old, but I used a disposable camera photo and a quick pencil sketch on site (it was raining on and off so I took a photo and left!) ",
"Thank you! "
] | 7 |
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A ballpoint sketch of my elementary school yard
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[
"But, what if it is?",
"For people in a hurry. Just got this one looking forward to reading it as well ",
"As an aerospace engineer, I was wondering what this had to do with Non-Destructive Testing.",
"NDT is a pretentious cunt. How the fuck does he know whether or not the universe has an obligation to us",
"Are we under any obligation to make sense to the universe?",
"Wait. I know that Reddit doesn't really mind [serial liars](http://thefederalist.com/2014/09/16/another-day-another-quote-fabricated-by-neil-degrasse-tyson/) as long as the lies confirm our prejudices, but are we still vilifying [accused rapists](http://www.patheos.com/blogs/nosacredcows/2017/10/neil-degrasse-tyson-accused-of-rape/), or are we ignoring that again?",
"Because it's not sentient?",
"I lost a lot of respect for Neil Degrass Tyson after his comments surrounding spacex. \n\nNo one fucks with our Lord and Savior Elon.",
"Haven’t had the chance to get through the whole thing yet, but as of now it is a good read.",
"Agreed. Him and Bill Nye both get on my fucking nerves. ",
"Because he's a scientist and not a preacher.",
"You've clearly never been a quality manager or made $50k+ parts.\n\nBtw, pretty much anything can be destroyed if you do it right. So by your logic, almost nothing would be acceptable.",
"oh good! I'll just tell that to the government as I deliver them \"conserved\" parts! 100% quality rating, here I come!",
"Right, he doesn't \"preach\" he just gets off on making everyone else feel less intelligent than him",
"You're sentient, aren't you?",
"Your toe's not sentient, is it?",
"So they can say I'm doing a bang up job. duh",
"No he's just a nerd that like silly little facts, honestly watching people get riled up over every little tweet is the dumbest thing. He's been doing that shit fir years. ",
"Technically it is because it's attached to me and that's exactly my point; we are all manifestations of the universe itself. It is not you, and then I; it is not me, and then my toe; it is just everything. ",
"Read it. Great book but left me with a weird feeling. Yeah it's cool being star dust and all but there is just so much we don't know and so many cool things in the universe that are just so far away we will probably never figure them out in my lifetime.",
"No,I'm not talking about tweets I don't know about that I've just met the dude in person and he's a condescending piece of shit ",
"I think you mean sapient.",
"Your toe does not make decisions in response to stimuli and isn't able to subjectively perceive the world around it, neither can a single neuron for that matter, sentience is an emergent property of the whole organism and a part of a sentient being can not be said to have sentience on its own. Neither can it be assumed that the universe itself is sentient just because there are sentient creatures in it, that was my point. For a more direct analogy, a person is sentient but is a group of people? A crowd of 10000 will behave erratically, trample people, get stuck in buildings if the doors open inwards, it's not able to make decisions as a whole. So how can the universe?",
"Who isn’t an accused rapist these days",
"We are the universe.",
"Regardless of the behavior, yes, people assembled in a group are still sentient both individually as a person and collectively as a group simultaneously. Define:Sentience - \"sentience is the capacity to feel, perceive or experience subjectively.\" Sentience has nothing to do with intelligence or the ability to \"make decisions as a whole\" as you say. Further, how do you or I or even the almighty NDT know that the universe is connected in a way we either simply don't know yet or can't understand? How do know that our entire existence is able to collectively *experience* something? As Carl Sagan said, \"We are a way for the universe to experience itself.\" The way people thought about the universe and our existence in it even just 50 years ago was quite different, no? ",
"I lost a lot of respect for him when he came out with a very anti-philosophy stance. It's hubris, ignorance, and egotistical all wrapped together. ",
"Finished my copy yesterday. Great book. Amazing writing with so many quotable lines.\n\nMore bacteria live and work in 1 centimeter of my colon than the number of people that ever existed in this world.\n\nLove that NDT uses metric. :)",
"He's a copyrat. I followed him on Twitter and 1 day later he posted a tweet that he stole from my timeline.\n\nHe's also an arrogant egomaniac, as you can see in videos with him on stage.",
"Discuss. http://www.azquotes.com/picture-quotes/quote-the-universe-doesn-t-owe-you-a-sense-of-hope-richard-dawkins-112-19-66.jpg",
"\"Nothing would be acceptable\"\n\nYep, sounds like an engineer. ",
"As an inspector I was thinking the same thing. ",
"As a computer science student: Non-determinism? ",
"I've met less annoying preachers.",
"You got somethin' against duct tape, mf? cash me ousside. ",
"The universe or outer space? Because the universe is as much a philosophical concept as it is an astronomical one.",
"Can of worms is a perfect name for a quality guy, lol. As in \"just leave it how it is, don't wanna open a can of worms.\"",
"You just stay up there with your khakis and fancy addin' machines while us real men impede any sliver of progress. ",
"I actually got the nickname because my old boss said every time I got put on project it was a huge mess with the client changing stuff or messed up prints(not my fault, is what I like to tell myself) ",
"\"The test results are under no obligation to make sense to you.\"\n-Inspector",
"Can you specify which comments disappointed you? I'm curious to know.\n\nOutside the context of NDT, there's an argument to be had for hubris and egotism as positive values - insofar as it moves us toward action and distances us from total passivity. Obviously there's a bell-curve where too much will drop you back down and erase any potential value, but *some* is necessary.\n\nIf he's just shitting on anything that isn't hard science, though, I can agree with you."
] | 41 |
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NDT
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[
"This makes me want to give up my vegetarianism",
"Yes yes yes ",
"This makes me want to eat vegetarians",
"Hell yes!"
] | 4 |
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Would you eat this? Combo?
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/r/pics/comments/7qwyky/spices_sold_in_a_bazaar_istanbul_turkey/
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[
"Reddit has taught me that this is actually just a colorful kitty litter marketplace.",
"\"Yes, may I please have a bag of the charcoal, two bags of cigar wrappings, and one pound of the yellow cake uranium? You don't happen to have Lego spice as well, do you? I need the karma.\"",
"The real question is, how many images is this?",
"As a fellow American, I can 100% say this would be ruined immediately at any store in our country. ",
"What are those black brussle sprout looking things? Never seen them before. ",
"Those are black Brussels sprouts",
"I was thinking maybe some type of nutmeg.",
"*sneezes*",
"So which one is the Melange? ",
"Blooming tea\n\nhttps://www.wikihow.com/Make-Blooming-Tea",
"Can I get hallucagenic nutmeg",
"I can already imagine a poorly raised 8 year old sucking on one hand and picking his nose with the other seeing this and just going elbow deep while covered in saliva and mucus grabbing spice and throwing it at people. ",
"I miss that place. I need to go back to Turkey.",
"I love Mediterranean markets.",
"The spice must flow.",
"Kansas City City market has several stores like this, great little shops if you've no aversion to intense smells. ",
"You mean all nutmeg? ",
"That store must smell amazing",
"Giant pepper corns obviously",
"Awesome ",
"I picture a fat kid demanding his mom let him have some of the candy, then grabbing a fistful of ground nutmeg and swallowing it before his mom can slap it out of his hand. He then is hospitalized and his mom sues the spice vendor for the bills and emotional distress, driving him to bankruptcy.",
"How bazaar, how bazaar?",
"At any grocery store. I've done it. Was not fun. 1/10.",
"i hope there are pepper corns that big.",
"yes from Arrakis.",
"Even with super neat adults using this. All of the will get mixed together",
"I have seen that done in America for example at the farmers market in Kansas City. ",
"Yes. ",
"Shhhh. You’re showing your age. ",
"Vulcan. ",
"Stores are inanimate. They can’t smell anything. ",
"They have those in [Paddy's Market](http://paddysmarket.com.au/), Sydney, Australia, too.",
"Bottom left one. Or middle left. Whatever dark red brown looks like",
"Well, in turkey, the mother would have forced the kid to excuse to the shopkeeper, while the shopkeeper laughes and give the kid some candy.",
"I hope all are prohibited from sneezing in there.",
"when you visit Istanbul, you'll realise poorly raised arab kids attended by their parents will taste the stuff with their bare unwashed hands. humans suck. period",
"> humans suck. \n\nThis guy gets it.",
"Nice, Ron!",
"The number of violations this would have in Europe etc would be innumerable. I like this better. So pretty.",
"From both ends, shitty parents and shitty government.",
"how do these not all get mixed together",
"Digital photographs that smell. ",
"have you tried it with rice?",
"dad.... plz",
"What!?! Am I not allowed to sneeze now?!?",
"This guy definetly did nutmeg. ",
"Really? I just moved about an hour away from KC, where's the market?",
"It's on the Kansas side, just across the river to the south from the downtown airport. Definitely worth a visit this spring/summer if you get the chance. ",
"Reminds me of Ultima Online for some reason",
"Can someone explain what spices they are?",
"Bit off track,Turkey is in Asia",
"Pick up a map mate",
"I have,I sailed there,have you",
"I am literally typing this from my house near mediterranean sea,in turkey. Born and raised here. ",
"Instanbul is in the sea of Marmaris",
"Marmara sea, and the aegean sea below it, are pretty much the continuation of the mediterranean sea. \n\nAnyway, to stay on topic;\n\n>+I like mediterranean markets\n\n>-bit off track, turkey is in asia\n\nTurkey **IS** a mediterranean country. ",
"really",
"Ohhh baby. ",
"The reason we don't have this in america is because it's dumb. Those spices will reach oxidation. Our spices are sold in air tight bottles, protected from sunlight, oxidation, and humidity. Those spices are ruined well before people start touching them. ",
"MO side. The River Market. Good stuff. [link](http://kcrivermarket.com/)",
"You're right, my bad. Not from the area, i figured the state line followed the river. ",
"Im from south of the city but go up there occasionally. Figured the link might help someone planning to visit. pretty cool to see",
"Or why did I read all the comments : / ",
"got me geeked"
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Spices sold in a bazaar. Istanbul, Turkey.
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[
"When you have no fucking sense of humor so you repeat the same tired joke over and over again. ",
"When nobody is allowed to have fun so you make a joke based on the joke you're making fun of. ",
"At least that one was creative. ",
"About as creative as OP. Difference is he is enjoying the joke. You made the exact same joke and then insulted him for using it. Real double standard. ",
"Is your wife pregnant? I am and all I want is weird salty things. ",
"And then what happened? ",
"I was kinda hoping getting put in your place multiple times would knock that foul attitude of yours into something more respectable. ",
"I really, really, really hope not haha!\n\nAlso, I made these. Yogurt, Flour, Baking powder and some salt. Relatively simple at least",
"I made bagels for the first time ever, and my wife cut a slice out. Saw the joke and uploaded.\n\nAlso, have you heard of reddit? You must be new here",
"My place is in your arms. Forever and always. ",
"You made bagels for the first time ever and I’m the one who’s new? ",
"I'm not American. I'd bet you are. ",
"That's honestly just creepy and out of context I'm hoping. ",
"Bagels exists only in America?",
"Basically. I went to a supermarket and a bakery yesterday and they don't sell them at all. "
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When you have no money, no legos and a Wife with cravings....
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"r/politics",
"I doubt it ",
"/u/RubyLight, thank you for your submission. Unfortunately, it has been removed for violating the following rule(s):\n\n* Rule II - No porn or overly sexual images.\n\n\n\nFor information regarding this and similar issues please see the [rules](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/about/rules/) and [title guidelines](/r/pics/w/titles). If you have any questions, please feel free to [message the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Question regarding the removal of this submission by /u/RubyLight&message=I have a question regarding the removal of this [submission.](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qwzz0/reddit_2018/?context=10\\))"
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[
"The Millennial Falcon",
"Ok wtf is this new meme",
"It took you five dollars to make that.",
"This joke is tired as hell. ",
"Dude first thing I thought when I saw it was \"AT-AT walker with landing pad/patio for afternoon drinks\"",
"[You lack imagination, friend.](http://www.aka-mag.com/art_is_art/star-wars-and-dollar-bill-origami-by-won-park/)",
"Give you 2-Bucks.",
"I wonder how much hate mail he gets for slipping that enterprise in there",
"Note you have the karma, the cash, and the phone you took the picture with. ",
"Well played... take this karma and move along...",
"I just thought it was a shitty camel. ",
"> $5 \n\nBig spender over here",
"I was coming back here to comment about the Klingon Warbird as first picture too quickly to notice he had an Enterprise in the \"Star Wars\" origami as well. ",
"That Falcon is money, baby!",
"I can see where Han and Chewie sit!",
"Then Karma you should get.",
"That’s...specific.",
"*toasts this comment*",
"FUN FACT: Won is the Korean Dollar.",
"They're not that far apart.\n\n..except maybe the Falcon is a little better at squeezing through tight places.",
"Request denied. ",
"did that cost u 5 dollars to make or 5 hours?",
"Cost-efficiency 10/10",
"First thing I thought of was the goat from \"Waiting\".\n\nhttps://media.tenor.com/images/ee90759db2fa9d4e61e7e00dc9308f89/tenor.gif",
"I thought of the Metalhead episode of Black Mirror"
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When you have $5, no legos, no talent but you want Karma.
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"I'll upvote this every time. Been there, and I can trace my family heritage to Campbell Bredalbane so it's got links for me personally :)\n\nToo bad I live so far away and can't visit again any time soon.",
"I bet the holy grail is in there ",
"No, it's hidden behind that shrubbery",
"Wow my family owns a house across the Loch from the castle cool to see it online but worth seeing in person ",
"It's actually under the turret laying top down in the middle of the courtyard",
"That's just Hogwarts as it appears to muggles"
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"She looks possessed ",
"Hmmmm...\n\nI see no problem here, good sir.",
"Looks like she could use a Baby Ruth.",
"Yes, I would like to see more.",
"I second that",
"She's seriously lopsided. Has she considered breast augmentation?",
"Are you serious?",
"No he is dapostrophus.",
"OP has a rather nice history of his girl",
"good god it's the thing...",
"Biggie Smalls.",
"Umm... sure. I'll say yes. Totally serious."
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[
"That's no yolking matter.",
"I thought when the yolks separate its because the eggs are bad (expired) I now need to look it up to see if it’s true. ",
"Thought this was r/space from the thumbnail"
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My girlfriend’s yolk somehow separated from the whites while cooking
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"sure your mature enough to live alone? lol",
"wow so childish...now thinking why can't i be childish with someone. oh thats right, im single",
"mad respect for admitting it",
"Let’s see how close I can guess. He’s from San Antonio and you’re from Arkansas. Moved in together after he left San Antonio and moved to Little Rock because of the air force. Now y’all travel to Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Cali, and different parts of Texas when you go home to visit his family. "
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My husband and I recently started living alone for the first time in our lives and we’ve been having fun decorating the house. This is the fridge.
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[
"i love showing friends this picture (i'm from canada, so this is just a regular tuesday for us)",
"Me too, Ottawa. Actually any day of the week",
"With the car fires and everything?",
"Fake news! [This](http://i.imgur.com/2qyTkVp.jpg) is the real story.",
"That snow fell extremely fast in a city made of hills in the middle of everyone rushing out of work in a place where people do not have snow tires or enough equipment to handle that situation. I was trapped on that very road for HOURS trying to get home on what is typically a 10 minute drive. The person driving me couldn't even stop the car for fear of getting stuck as he was driving up a hill on the wrong side of the road. I literally had to jump out of a moving car facing incoming tactic. It was a disaster. ",
"Maybe on the 400...up north of Superior we don't set cars on fire until Thursdays. ",
"Ever seen the 401 at 5pm?",
"People not knowing how to handle snow had to be a factor. We drive in snow on hills up north all the time before plows get a chance to get out and salt. ",
"Rebel propaganda. r/EmpireDidNothingWrong.",
"I read somewhere that the fire you see in the picture was caused by a driver who redlined their engine for an extended period of time, trying to gain traction.\n\nAs a Buffalo native, I find it hilarious and also perplexing that snow causes so much chaos and panic in other regions. For us, 2.5\" of snow just means we might have to leave 10 minutes early for work. ",
"The Empire was there to help.",
"As a Yankee living there at the time I felt like a super hero on my drive home",
"Maine checking in, confirmed.",
"Yeah, a huge factor. I get it though, if you're not used to driving on snow or ice it's a recipe for disaster even if only a few inches ",
"Glad to see that someone is willing to step up and expose the truth.",
"Damn that sounds crazy.",
"Hell ya. The first snow storm here is usually Dicy. People forget over the summer. It’s not the driving. It’s the stopping. ",
">The person driving me couldn't even stop the car for fear of getting stuck as he was driving up a hill on the wrong side of the road. I literally had to jump out of a moving car facing incoming tactic. It was a disaster. \n\nho lee shit, that is insane. I live in a snowy state, don't have snow tires or special equipment, and this can all be avoided by everybody driving safely. Go slow, don't slam on the brakes, don't over correct if you start sliding. And, please, don't ever jump out of the vehicle. \n\nStay safe out there. \n\n",
"So what's the secrect to driving on hills then? I have all season tires, use low gears, and all that but it doesn't seem to matter. ",
"NH here..i only leave 10min early for work so I can get some snow drifting in.",
"Hilarious",
"🎶 *The climates, they are a-changing.* 🎶",
"Apparently the truth is a little *under*exposed...",
"I was stuck as well. Took me 8 hours to get home (usually a 40 minute drive) The fire was after I past that though. I didn't actually see it. I stay home now when they call for weather like that. Thursday will be nearly 50, so should be safe again.",
"I know people in southern states are made fun of a lot with how they handle small bits of snow. But I have lived in the south before and the issue is generally a layer of ice that is on the roads under the snow. They don't typically have salt trucks and instead use sand; sand is merely for attempting to add traction. You can also throw in the fact that a great deal of people do not have all wheel drive because it generally isn't needed. It's not as easy to handle that snow/ice when you don't have the means to prepare for it or get rid of it.",
"Yeah, unfortunately a lot of people get into accidents due to over-correcting, and not understanding pumping the brakes when your instincts is to press down harder / slam them, a close second is due to overconfidence, and not taking other drivers into consideration.. ",
"They've only got like three snowplows.",
"Like they helped Alderaan?",
"I've never seen the 401.",
"I was stuck in this mess for 4 hours when my regular drive is 20-25 minutes. The reason I was stuck? Idiots were not pulling up to the light to trip the left turn sensors, so they never got a left arrow, and just sat there forever. ",
"Avoid them. ",
"Winter is a filter. Some people absolutely can't hack it, and they have to stay south of a certain point to survive - you have to have a certain level of prudence, forethought, and patience.\n\nI live in Montana, and I have friends who say, \"Aaaw, I've *always* wanted to move to Montana!\" and I smile and nod, but I know they wouldn't make it half way through the winter without high-tailing it back to LA where they belong. They've never had to develop the attitude it takes to handle winter.\n\nEdit: I see some people don't like thinking they'd get filtered. That's ok - you might, or you might not. Just remember, when visiting places with real winter, don't forget your Uggs and your sleeping bag rated to 50F!",
"I am from the North but lived near Atlanta, GA for a bit recently. All they could talk about was the snow and how it was so terrible, particularly to drive in. Some things to consider:\n\n1. Driving in GA sucks. Drivers are shitty and roads are shittier. \n\n2. I get why they are so bad at driving in the snow, nearly every road is on a damn grade of at least 5%. I can live with sliding into a cornfield, I can't live with sliding off into a ravine.\n\n3. If the South gets to shut down for 2 \" of snow then I think the North ought to shut down on days where it is over 90 degrees.",
"Chapel Hill checking in. Buddy’s wife left Durham at 2 pm. Got to Chapel Hill at 5 pm. Called him from a gas station saying she wouldn’t go any further.\n\nIt took us an hour and a half to go 3 miles to get her. Cars were sideways on Estes Drive.\n\nWhat people don’t realize is that it came suddenly and stuck almost immediately. Pair that with people who aren’t used to driving in the snow as-is and all being sent home at once and you have a recipe for disaster. It wasn’t supposed to snow that day. And this is the result.",
"A few inches is the worst because people think they can drive in it. And then it gets packed and gets worse. ",
"Haha well wouldn't visit Ottawa in the winter even if you paid me ",
"Remember Atlanta a few years back. An inch or two of snow and the highways looked like a scene front the walking dead. ",
"/r/Chicago\n\nFor the grins.",
"Build up lots of speed before you get to it and let Jesus take the wheel.",
"You're lucky",
"Did it this morning in 6 in. of icey snow. Just stay straight and slow the hell dow.",
"Seriously. I was called in to work to handle cancelling our parties and reservations (fine dining). Walk in, it's completely fine outside. One hour later, walk out, boom. 3 inches of snow. ",
"Remember this day well. A commute home that normally takes 45 minutes took nearly 4 hours. Stopped multiple times to help push cars uphill and ended up having someone repay the favor about halfway home when I got stuck as well. Was a horrible day out on the roads but I will always remember seeing people that would never interact otherwise stop and help each other. ",
"Yep. Canadian here. Just slow the fuck down.",
"Brace yourselves. ",
"I mean, I had no prior driving experience in snow the first time I experienced seriously icy conditions.\n\nJust go slow...take your time...use your brain?",
"Now now....this isn't the time for reasoning. This is the time for people that hate living in snow to feel superior to everybody else. ",
"Right? As a southern transplant, it boggles my mind when I see cars over and over stop while traveling up a hill. Apparently they never took a physics class. ",
"Don’t tell America what to do, buddy.",
"Don’t stop. \n\nBut, seriously, don’t stop. If you stop, you’ll lose momentum and any traction you may have had. \n\nThis is the biggest error that I see southerners make. They start going up, freak out over something, slam on their brakes, and then get confused when they start sliding back down. ",
"Raleigh, NC might not have been able to handle snow, but man 3 years ago was such a normal time compared to today otherwise...",
"Where I used to live they’d spray salt down on the highways before big snow storms hit. That’s hard to do in the South where they don’t have fleets of salt trucks on call.",
"Hate to break it to you, but AWD doesn’t do anything on ice. And, I don’t know where you live, but no one really has AWD cars in Ohio. ",
"I live right outside of Raleigh and my county is freaking out it’s Linda sad actually really sad\n",
"yer not my buddy, friend",
"Just a simple case of inexperienced drivers in this type of environment, 2.5\" of snow is just a little sneeze here in the Midwest and more than 50% of drivers DO NOT have snow/winter tires on their vehicles here.\n\nI mean shit, people are still riding bicycles here with 2.5\" on the ground.\n\nPretty common to get 8+ inches at a time here and have to drive through that to work before the plows touch the roads, add to that 30-60 MPH winds blowing your car around on the ice as well. ",
"I’m not your buddy, guy.",
"He's just doing his community service. Helping out the retarded. ",
"For the record, it was 4 years ago, not 3. I worked on that same street then about 2 miles down from there. Definitely February 2014.\n\nI grew up in Chicago so I do know how to drive in it and it still took me 4 hours to do what normally takes 15 minutes. That snow/ice storm was nothing like I had ever seen before and I'm from a place that normally has snow. It was a mixture of timing, improper salting of the roads, and terrible timing along with a population that has no idea how to drive in it.\n\nTo be fair, I had a piece of crap car and still made it home without it catching on fire when I saw cars, SUVs and trucks abadoned everywhere. 4 wheel drive will not save you if you have no idea what you are doing.",
"yeah, one of my friends said he saw 13 cars that slid off the road on his way home from work (TX)",
"i'm not your guy, pal!",
"hahaha stupid fucking southerns don't know how to drive in the snow! dumb fucking rednecks lol\n\nthey should learn how to drive in the snow like the people [in western Michigan.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZ_lIoMkx1Y)",
"It does allow you twice the opportunity to gain traction. But the key to driving on ice is slow (acceleration, speed, and braking)...Just hard to remember for people that rarely have to deal with that.",
"Some of that was ice if I recall. And I think they let kids out of school suddenly. Someone from ATL let us know.",
"In the snow, drive your car like you would drive a boat. Treat the other cars like they are boats too. Because in the snow, your car is going act like it is a boat. Also make your car/truck as heavy as possible (sandbags, kegs, whatever you got) you do not want to be the ping-pong ball on the billiard table. ",
"4 wheel drive doesn't mean 4 wheel stop. ",
"I could be wrong, but I think most cars made in the last ten to fifteen years have antilock brakes. You’re not supposed to pump; stomp and steer us exactly right. \n\nEdit: I’m referring to panic braking here, where it’s better to have people do what is instinctual in an emergency (and retain steering control at the expense of stopping distance ) then to try to get people to second guess themselves or train a technique that varies with road conditions and which people likely won’t succeed at in an emergency. \n\nI should emphasize this should not be your regular mode of braking and if you feel the brakes shudder outside of an emergency you should count it as a reminder you doing something wrong— either you’re braking too hard or the conditions are too bad for you and your car to be on the road. If you are not panicked, steady pressure short of triggering abs is best. I agree with that. ",
"I worked probably less than 1/4 mile from work at the time. I left work just as the snow started and it was sticking to the parking lot when I got home 3 minutes later. This isn’t even an exaggeration.\n\nPeople who aren’t from around here don’t realize how unprepared we were.\n\n#neverforgetsnowpocalypse",
"Love the north talking smack, had some family from new York down and left for the store while visiting, insisted on their driving skills only to call us that they were in a ditch. Ice and unmaintained roads don't care where you're from... It might snow once or twice a year here. We're lucky we have dump trucks with salt attachments for the main roads, sometimes... lol\nNot in NC btw. Tennessee...",
"The city rented 4 Bobcat machines with solid buckets to push the snow off the road. For the whole city.",
"WELCOME TO CANDADA FUCKERS",
"Simple trick: don't stop, just keep going forward slowly",
"Canana? ",
"That’s actually good advice. I think a big part of winter driving is knowing your route, knowing your car’s limits, and knowing your limits. Sometimes I’ll take the long way home in bad weather because I know the roads are better and the grades less steep. Sometimes I’ll stay home when my neighbor with a Jeep heads out. And I try not to be overconfident. Even if I have the skill to manage the risks, that doesn’t make taking unnecessary risks a good idea. ",
"I live in Canada. This is nothing. My igloo is snowed in almost every morning",
"The house should stop your forward momentum when you reach the end of the driveway. ",
"The curb will take care of that for you.",
"Let's Go!!!!!!",
"Actually no, slamming harder on the brakes with ABS takes longer to stop, with snow you want to slow down *without* having to engage the ABS if possible, if skidding on packed snow or ice, turn into the skid careful not to turn the wheel more than the back of the car is skidding out from the front, and pump the brakes, or if you are good, press enough that the brakes engage without the ABS. Anti skid and ABS help, but on snow and ice it is actually bad without *experience* driving in those conditions. \n\nMy advice (and fun) if you ever get the chance to find an open or abandoned parking lot or space with no cement dividers or anything, try get the car moving in a direction around 30mph with space in front of you and use both slamming, then pushing down until you feel the brakes a few times to see which is better for you, the car means a lot too if you have front, rear or all wheel drive it makes a huge difference. \n\nEdit: sorry, by pump the brakes I do not mean all the way down and up, I'm trying to say until you feel it catching but the idea is not to let the ABS have to engage, so let off a bit and press back ",
"Ice. Atlanta was all ice. Snow you can drive in and on. Ice... you can’t do anything with. ",
"We actually got 2-3 inches an hour away from Raleigh week before last. No cluster fucks like this that I saw, but there wasn't really anyone on the road when I went out either.",
"I'm a survivor of the Atlanta snowpocalypse. Yes, kids and businesses let out at roughly the same time (I think I left work at about 1pm). Combine that with none of the roads being prepped and drivers who had never experienced these conditions, it was a disaster. I lived about 12 miles from my office in buckhead, and it took me 10 hours to get home. ",
"I just moved here two years ago from Michigan and that's what I tell people: none of these roads are straight or flat and they're all elevated so high above their surroundings that one mistake means I'm taking a tumble.",
"It was ice and the roads were not salted no level of skill would get you up that hill unless you had snow chains. Was about to drive that road but instead took the highway and opted to take the 12 mile vs 7 mile route. I ended up driving half in the grass for traction.\n\nIts still funny as shit someone floored their bmw till it caught on fire \n\nEdit: words",
"Same situation leaving the RTP and living on Edwards Mill. Those hills took out a lot of people. ",
"Bathroom bill...Gerrymandering...hog waste...horrible winter drivers...Just once can the headline be something that doesn't make us (NC) look like idiots?",
"FREDS BEDS",
"Yes yes yes yes, unfortunately it's the people who either have the vehicle built for the bad weather, or just overconfidence that cause the majority of accidents I witnessed in bad weather. \n\nI was actually working in AC when the 'blizzard' hit, the roads were not even plowed that far out on the expressway so the few cars out all followed the same path in single file, slowly. Every once in awhile a car or truck would get impatient and pass on the left or right not understanding how bad the roads were, I saw two cars suffer from two of their ( passenger side) tires trying to follow tire tracks in the snow as they switched lanes, while the (driver side) other two tires were on freestyle causing a skid out and over correction into the shoulder which is pretty much a ditch. On the way back I saw a truck behind me hit another car trying to pass, then might have hit the gas too hard and seemed to keep control for a bit before slamming into the side of a work van about 3 cars behind me. All in all what would have taken 15min to drive took me over an hour, luckily on the way back a police suburban with lights on played Rudolph and everyone played nice for the rest of the way til my exit but my fear wasn't my driving, it was someone trying to pass",
"You realize in the south there are basically no slow plows or salt trucks? ",
"How is that car on fire?",
"RemindMe! 24 hours",
"It doesnt help that is was 55 °f 3 days before and 3 days after. Raleigh doesnt have winter it has 'wintery' days ",
"The entire city is already shutting down and it's currently 40F with clear skies. Schools have already been canceled and many shops have already posted that they are closing. \nIt's not even snowing yet!",
"I see what you’re saying about AWD but even if the majority have AWD (which they don’t) it only takes one or two people to disrupt traffic by not having it. Here in MN I’d say it’s close to 15-30% of people who have it. And, salt only works if it’s warm enough to allow the ice/snow to melt! ",
"I rest my case.",
"What does that have to do with prudence and forethought?",
"Well till tommorrow then. Here we have the chance of flooding because a cyclone is dumping a ton of water - but the best bit all that rain is missing the gigantic bushfire an arsonist lit days ago that is still burning out of control in the hills. It's summer here. Have fun tommorrow you just never know.....",
"Stomp is a bad idea, light pressure is ideal but stomp is still better than pump\n\nYou just have to feel the road",
"Well for starters, a measure of prudence and forethought would have led you to the conclusion that I'm aware you don't have snowplows (or \"salt trucks\"). Or perhaps even that people accustomed to winter know that southerners destroying their ill-equipped cars is only the tip of the iceberg when it comes to weathering the winter. (That is, the filter applies to more areas of life than just driving cars.)",
"It snowed here (Tennessee) last Thursday. It iced first and then got about 5 inches on top. It’s been single digits since then so no melting. Yesterday, we got another 4 inches. We’ve been out of school since Friday and with the temps the next 2 days, I doubt we’ll be back until Monday. As a teacher, I love snow days but I’m getting cabin fever. Here, it’s the back roads where the majority of bus routes are that cause the snow days. They hold the ice forever.",
"Propaganda at this level of sophistication indicates that this can only be the work of the rebels on the second planet of the A'do system. To hide their true work, they run a Vietnamese noodle shop as a front out of the left foot of a giant statue in the capital. The Empire has acquired intelligence confirming that this \"A'do-B Pho Toe Shop\" is merely a tool of lies and deceit.",
"Because it would be retarded not to take precautions beforehand instead having idiots mass panic when something finally does occur. ",
"What kind of bananas tho I’m so confused help me",
"Hammock bananas.",
"[https://i.imgur.com/IAyU5hc.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/IAyU5hc.jpg)",
"omg its almost like we southerners have no experience driving in snow or on icy roads, how weird\n\nlike how northerners often complain about the heat in 80ºs when that's a chilly day by our standards",
"4wd, snow tires, and chains for very slick conditions (or studs, but that's not usually something people spring for in areas that don't usually see snow)",
"7.5\" bananas, apparently.",
"I live in Atlanta and we had the same outcome from the same storm. A buddy and I had access to a Deuce and a half (a large military truck) and we spent two days voluntarily helping people retrieve their cars from ditches. It was a mess. I still remember being on the side of a major highway late at night and hearing absolutely nothing. There were no cars traveling, no people walking, no birds chirping. The roads of Atlanta seemed almost abandoned. ",
"Good bot.",
"Can you PM this to me next time I’m in a spin?",
"Why yes, I also remember the time this exact post was submitted like a month ago. And the month before that. And literally every time it has snowed in Raleigh since the day this picture was taken.",
"It's not the snow, it's the ice. We don't get the fine powdery goodness. We get black oilslick that you can't see, everywhere.",
"Don't encourage it! Bad, stupid bot! ",
"This gets posted every fucking year since the pic was taken that NC gets snow. And NC gets snow every fucking year. Cant we put this picture to bed please",
"Because heat.",
"Wow..can Hollywood make a movie out of it? ",
"I always gave props to my hometown (northern Indiana); whenever it called for bad weather/lots of snow and ice, the plows and salt trucks were out prepping the streets and making sure everything was clear as could be. Always sucked though as a student, as we hardly had school closings.",
"I went out in the snow* today in Houston. The roads were totally fine (I leaved in Baltimore for a while, for comparison). In 30 minutes I drove by 5 accidents. 5. Dammit, the south, drive slow, vary your speed, and stay away from each other. Not difficult! \n\n\n*ehhhhh",
"Snow tires are not a necessity in driving in snow. Brains are. Source: Minnesota resident for 30 years. Absolutely an experience factor here, but not vehicles or tires. ",
"There will be reports of looting, rape, and acts of cannibalism.",
"I live in Raleigh. The snow is supposed to start at 7 and go all day. My boss wants me to drive to the job site at seven and in his words \"leave if the snow gets bad.\" By then it'll be too late. Ill have to drive my huge work truck through the worst traffic on I40. I can drive in snow, but these people scare me.",
"Nope. 4 Wheel Drive. Balls to the wall. No mercy. ",
"Well, now they've had practice.",
"Bad bot.\n\nI'm tired of your shit.",
"some are enjoying the frie",
"You don't even need AWD though, most any vehicle equipped with winter tires will handle snow perfectly well.\n\nEDIT: Lol downvotes really? Your driven wheels don't matter if you're not getting traction...",
"Thanks for sharing your perspective. I was living in Raleigh in January 2005 and we had a snow that was probably 1\", but was of a consistency that made it the most slippery thing I've experienced short of solid ice. I saw a public bus sliding backwards down a gentle slope, and nearly everyone was having trouble controlling their cars. After 3 to 4 near misses of cars sliding my way, I got well off the main road, parked, and walked home. ",
"35 min took 5 hours for me. Was getting my oil changed in Cary when it started coming down. Had to drive back to Garner. Also pushed a few people up some hills on cary parkway. Got stuck for a few minutes myself on 40. ",
"You guys always bring up snow tires and it's hilarious. The vast majority of us in the northern states have never owned snow tires.",
"I can't wait, my entertainment at their expense!",
"the rest of the world is tired of your shit units...",
"how many bananas per hour",
"I just moved to this area from Chicago as well. I lived through the Snowpocalypse, two feet of snow in twenty four hours. We have only had two days of snow. It is a surreal place to have your work called off for a snow day like school. ",
"Yep. Eastern NC was locked up for like 4 days bc of that.",
"That's how Texas reacts to \"snow\" or someone dropping an ice cube on the ground.",
"I think people misunderstand snow tires. 90% of the population doesn't need them. If you're up in the mountains, or in small towns up North maybe. Places like Missouri, Colorado etc get big snows many times a year, and no one needs snow tires there, nor expects other drives to have them. I sometimes feel like some people in the south are under the impression that in cold weather states everyone just swaps their tires in September and May.",
"\"I can't make it home! My family and I had to seek refuge at this Taco Bell!\"",
"Good on you man. Most people I see are absolutely idiots when it comes to driving in snow. Where I live we salt the roads pretty well and roads are usually fine but I ALWAYS see idiots flying down the freeway going 60+ even when the roads haven’t been plowed or salted. There’s always some idiot who thinks being in an SUV or truck with 4WD means they can gun down the road and stop on a dime. And then there’s the people who will ride your ass when the normal two or three lane road becomes a one lane road because of the snow. Always leave early if you have to go to work and drive slow. It’s not worth killing yourself or anyone else to get there a little bit faster. \n\nSorry I kind of went on a rant but I’m so sick of seeing idiots who drive reckless in the snow. ",
"I really feel the need to share here. I was on Duke's campus and had to get home to Chapel Hill during this storm. This is roughly an eight mile drive but it took me four hours in total. The trip was full of skidding and sliding, even on I-40. To this day, after having driven in New England and Canada during snow events, I still consider this the hardest winter weather driving I've ever done due to the lack of salting and snow plows. I also witnessed a car with CT tags go flying into the median after driving way too fast for conditions. This wasn't about lack of driving skill. ",
"I can hear some guy in the back yelling \"jackass\".",
"Yeah, well, we ride out cat 5 hurricanes and storm surge for breakfast. We ain't got time for getting good in the snow.",
"That ice storm was gnarly. I’m 4 hours southeast of there and was iced into my neighborhood for two days. We see ice and snow so infrequently that it’s rough when it actually hits. Too few resources and too many brazen drivers. I took my driving test in a blizzard (not even kidding), but the roads here are not designed to handle ice and snow. Good luck, Raleigh. ",
"I don’t understand how it’s not common knowledge snow = drive slow. I was in the marine corps at the time this happened and people were going the ordinary speed limit. LOTS of crashes",
"Going back home from a snowboard trip with a friend in his new car. His first time driving it in the snow. Told him to slow down, we're going too fast(I know this as I'm used to driving in it). He tells me it's fine, his car is AWD. I tell him we're going downhill, AWD isn't going to help. He keeps telling me he knows what he's doing. I stop talking and prepare myself for a crash. No cars for for awhile. Winding road. All of a sudden there's a traffic jam uphead. He's going way too fast to stop. We skid and spin. Hit the corner bumper of a Toyota 4x4. His driver door is completely caved in. Truck barely has a scratch. The driver says it's fine and drives on ahead without issue. Friend's in shock. Asks me to drive. He's silent all the way home. I couldn't bare to tell him I told you so. But he knows.",
"> Ice... you can’t do anything with.\n\nHow about some drinky poos Randy?\n",
">snow tires\n\n>2.5 inches of snow",
"The car in flames says it all ",
"Not to mention something about bad weather always brings the terrible drivers out in droves for whatever fucking reason. ",
"These people would last 5 minutes in Chicago!!!!",
"I do not remember this, the photo looks like Armageddon. ",
"Tis nothing but a dusting!",
"This right here. I don't live in the south, but I'm logical enough to realize it's a multifaceted problem. People are like \"Oh, look at these scrubs, can't drive in snow, lol!\" Sure, lack of skill is part of the problem, but there are other contributors. The state is unprepared (I imagine there isn't a whole lot of funding for snow removal in states like NC or FL), they're vehicles aren't prepared (why would you need snow-ready tires where it rarely snows?).\n\nLotta reasons for the distastrous outcome of snow in the south.",
"They pre-treat the roads with brine/salt/dirt depending on where in northern states you live, that is by far the largest difference maker. ",
"o nooo don’t bring this up again it’s so embarrassing :( but completely accurate of most of NC when we get anything more than ½” of snow",
"Atlantan here, they let everyone out all at once the traffic on 285 was so bad, many people just got out and abandoned their cars. 2 days later, I was driving around and still seeing a lots of cars on the side of the road just left there. In hindsight, it wasn't much snow (less than we got this past December actually and we did okay with that), but lots of ice piling up. ",
"Exactly.\n\nDriving in snow is not hard, just ignore the speed limit, and go as slow as you safely can, everything has to be slow, turning, and especially braking.\n\nOf course just yesterday after freezing rain and snow I saw a guy pass another car on a two lane road because the guy was going 25mph, which was the speed limit. He almost lost control getting back in the right lane. Think he learned his lesson? Nope, he spun around at the next turn. I lost sight of him, but I still heard his engine revving.\n\nThose people are why I don't drive when it's snowy out. I can keep my car between the ditches, but hell if I trust anyone else to.",
"Y'all could've waited til it got cleaned off I guess, right? You know, stay at work until it chills out and the trucks have made a pass or two. That's what we do in Ohio when it's really bad.",
"I live in Florida, but I've been to Canada a few times. I never saw any roads up there that were covered in snow like this with nobody clearing it. They have equipment with drivers and salt to keep the roads clear. The people up north don't normally drive around through a foot of snow all the time. They just wait until the road is cleared, then they go to work.\n\nIn the south it's cheaper to just shut down the town for a day than to buy millions of dollars worth of equipment and men to drive and maintain it when it only snows once every five years.",
"I am an At-At man myself as far as the snowpocolypse memes are concerned (Stay Puft is a close second)",
"Why didn't you just stay at work?",
"All cars are 4 wheel stop.",
"Go slow and steady and don't take your foot off the gas, you have most traction when power is going to your wheels, but of course you don't want to give it too much power and spin out either, or brake and lose all your traction.\n\nWhen it's icy I try to think about what route has the easiest hills to climb. \n\nThe trick with any bad weather is slow and steady, accelerating, turning, braking.",
"This post came up on my Facebook memories a few days ago. It was great. I laughed.",
"99% of the population probably wouldn't even have icescrapers, let alone winter tires.",
"Damn those city slickers thinking every town gots NY money. \"You see Bob, this is here is a place where our tax dollars only pays to keep the bears away from our kids. We don't care about salting our roads. Salts for coating our briskets and brining our chicken, Bob.\"",
"> What people don’t realize is that it came suddenly and stuck almost immediately.\n\nWas it literally unforecasted?",
"That's one of the reasons there are curbs actually\n",
"It was a fast moving storm, too. It came fast and dumped a lot before people could get home. I’m glad I work from home. ",
"> a car with CT tags go flying into the median after driving way too fast for conditions\n\nWelcome to Connecticut! Nobody cares about the speed limit here, including cops. You don't usually have to worry about getting pulled over unless you're doing more than 20 over. I didn't know until recently that not all states treat the speed limits like this.",
"I was down there a few weeks ago and they salted the roads TWO DAYS BEFORE THE STORM! Were they expecting the salt to stay in place over 48 hours of tens of thousands of cars doing 80 on those roads?! It's not like they don't have the salting capability, they just don't have the knowhow is seems.",
"Snow day tomorrow. Plenty of white tonight!",
"They shut down because it's cheaper to shut down for one day than to buy snow removal equipment that only gets used once every ten years.",
"4WD also doesn't mean you can drive 45 mph on ice. Met a few New Yorkers down here in NC (have lived in both places) in their new rust free SUVs trying to show off their snow driving skills, just to end up with a dent in the thing. ",
"Lived there c. 1964. Got 2\" of snow. We were in a new neighborhood, many of us moved down from Bradford, PA for the opening of a new Corning Glass plant, and we had sleds. :-) Sledding down the main street through the development, and when the snow got thin the parents would shovel more off the grass into the street so kids could sled more. :-) Fun time. Those southern kids weren't used to sleds. ",
"I figure banana shit would have a peel",
"Some of us Americans are as well, we are just out numbered.",
"Doesnt do anything for breaking though. ",
"Because in New York the roads get cleared for them. They don't just drive around in foot-deep snow. In the South, the snow stays there because there's no snow removal.",
"Being taught how to drive in the snow should be mandatory before you can aquire your license.",
"Good Bot",
"Sand actually works very well. Airports use sand to avoid corrosion of metal parts on airplanes. In my opinion, sand is actually a better option than salt because salt slowly melts ice and snow and turns it into slush, which is no better than ice and worse than snow. Packing down snow and laying sand on top actually provides pretty decent traction even with all-season tires.\n\nSource: I worked line service at Ohio airports during winter. Sand works great - people from the south just literally don't know how to operate in snow, that's the root of the problem. The only difference between a sudden snow storm in OH and a sudden snow storm in NC is that people in NC are clueless. The plows haven't been out yet, the salt and sand hasn't been out yet, but here we are in the Great White North, just driving along because we have to get to work on time.\n\nAll wheel drive isn't the secret to driving in snow. People in the north know that every car is already all wheel brake. Going isn't the problem on a slick surface - it's the stopping that will get you.",
"'global warming'\n\nsike\n\n\n\n\n\n^^^^/ ^^^^s",
"One thing about winter driving that may not be obvious – don’t slow down out of cautiousness when going up hills! I see this all the time, even here in the northeast. In order to maintain traction and momentum, you’ve got to give it some gas and maintain a steady, safe speed. Otherwise you could end up sliding backwards into the car behind you.",
"Every time snow is threatened, this photo pops up. ",
"Driving in the snow is not that hard. Google it! Ask friends and family who have lived in the north to give you pointers. This is America. We won WW2 in the snow, we can handle a few inches in the South.",
"We get almost all ice in NC. Luckily we’re supposed to get actual *snow* tonight, but we’ll see!",
"They had a spider infestation. Only way to be sure.",
"At the time, I was living just off that road, at the top of the hill. This day was so pathetic. I'm from NY, I was driving a Ford Focus and had 0 troubles, but it took 4 hrs to get home because of everyone else on the road. The NC drivers were so bad. I got out of my car 4 times to push cars out of ditches. There were abandoned cars all over the place. It was a complete disaster.",
"Recent transplant from Wisconsin now living in Raleigh here. Yeah, we got an inch of snow a couple weeks ago and schools shut down for three days. It's bad.",
"Hahaha cary didn't get salted until two days after that storm... I went out after the storm had been going for an hour, and the main streets were icy af. Yeah they don't know how. They salted here on Monday. Heaviest is expected noon ish today.",
"Snow tires always kinda make me chuckle. They probably help a little (maybe?) but I've lived in snowy Idaho and Montana my whole life and have never needed them and not many people get them, kinda just seem like a money sink to me. Just drive slow and give a lot of space for breaking",
"Better grab your bread and milk before the grocery stores run out.",
"I will divide and then count to it",
"This picture is right down the street from where I grew up. This snow was not anticipated at all and it rained the night before so they didn't salt. It began snowing around 3pm so everyone tried to rush home as soon as it started. That snow stuck faster than anyone thought it would and became ice almost immediately. There have been some bad snow days in Raleigh, but the timing of this one was just perfect for a catastrophe. One of my friends got stuck on the other side of Glenwood (opposite lane in this picture) and had to walk a mile home. So many great stories from that day though. ",
"I remember my dad and mom both ditching their cars to walk home, I had just got out of school. People here don’t know how to fucking drive,mix that with everyone trying to get home because of the snow, and Jesus it’s like complete chaos ",
"My fuckin state",
"that feel when you’re in raleigh ",
"lol",
"And if you start to slide, turn into it...",
"we don’t have ice to put on the roads because this happens so little ",
"Fuck NC. ",
"This photo was used to describe the SNOWpocalypse we had here a year ago in the Portland metro area in Oregon. Society literally shut down for a week over less than a foot of snow because we are not equipped to properly snow plow in a timely manner. \n\nNot to mention it froze over the night it happened and created a Bob sled track on every road. ",
"To add onto this, a lot of cars sold in the south don't have all season tires, they have summer tires. I learned this when I moved to Ohio in the winter and I slid around the roads like crazy.",
"In mm/sec?",
"No sudden inputs... One input at a time, meaning don't gas it while turning... Don't brake hard while turning...\n\n\nAnd slow the fuck down.",
"I've seen this pic so many times and didn't realize it was Raleigh. I don't know whether to be proud or ashamed.",
"i'd head all the way up to the interstate and over before trying to make it up and down estes in the snow. i hope nobody gets hurt tomorrow but honestly i'm excited to see how much snow we get. that and everybody from in my office is working from home :)",
"Now somebody post the one between Red Deer and Calgary",
"Our real blizzards are biblical. The Wall of snow is still one of the most incredicle thing Ive ever seen. For a day The Wall from game of thrones was real. ",
"If you really think that, you’re a dumbass.",
"I wondered what she was talking on the phone",
"They weren't salting, they were using brine, which they typically do starting around during 2 days before an expected storm. ",
"been living in nc a number of years, can confirm. don't think i've ever seen a snowplow east of greensboro. ",
"Most of my extended family is from NC, and settled in and around the Raleigh area, with the exception of my immediate family. Once, when my brother and I were visiting, my Grandpa picked me us up from my Uncle’s house. It had just started to snow and was about a 45 minute drive to where they lived, moderately out in the country to the west. There wasn’t more than a half an inch of snow on the ground, but NCDOT closed the primary road off of the highway to get there, the main road on the secondary route, and just about every other road my Grandpa would have used to get home. This was pre-GPS, and so that 45 minute drive took 6 hours.",
"2.5” of snow is a lot if it’s not taken care of. Looking at how blanketed the roads are (you can’t see the pavement at all) that would be deadly esp if they aren’t use to getting that at all. No plows, no salt, no snow tires and low traffic to let the roads be completely white with snow is believable. The fire though...wth",
"tru. july in the south makes me miss weather below 90F. ",
"Some people don't understand that a lot of towns don't have proper snow removal because of infrequent conditions. Be safe everyone and drive cautiously. I'm up north and have those benefits in worse conditions. Let's all stay safe and get home to the people we love and care about us. It's not a laughing matter to the family members effected. ",
"Canadian?",
"A lot of people have 4x4 and AWD in Ohio........",
"No, I live in PA. We get enough snow, frequently enough that people should really know better. ",
"I'd like to add that living in snowy places doesn't mean you know how to drive in it. Right Utah?",
"Currently live in Raleigh and I can tell you that everyone is freaked out about any type of weather. University classes have already been cancelled and some of us at thinking they may cancel again on Thursday.",
"To the poster I don't like you and probably never will. Trying to get up votes on people's misfortunes. The world can do without you. ",
"Nice.",
"Up here In Alaska, one inch, 40 degrees, give it to us!!",
"As someone who's lives here from Cali, I do not budge on a snow day. I dont know wtf I'm doing and don't want to total my car. ",
"Clevelander here: we’re lucky because we have the resources to take care of this stuff and we’re used to it. We also get huge accidents and pile ups on our freeways. Doesn’t mater where you are when it snows. If people aren’t prepared or cautious bad things are going to happen. Be safe and good luck.",
"I don't know what you mean. I haven't had any problems in slush. I'd take it over ice an day.\n\nSlush re-freezing over night is bad though.",
"I kinda want to know how that car lit up.",
"Then there's the one subaru wagon with NY plates hitting every apex like its need for speed snowdrift edition. Yea that was me if anyone saw.",
"Hahaha southerners can't drive in snow. Wow if only more people could explain how [well they handle snow up north.](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/major-car-pileup-in-michigan-blamed-on-driver-error/)",
"I'm calling bullshit, this is a frame from a movie...",
"People don't seem to realise that places that don't regularly get snow/ice storms don't have the infrastructure to deal with it. I live in Georgia. Why would my city (AKA the taxpayers) pay for a fleet of plows and salt trucks for a kind of bad ice storm once a year that clears up in a day or two? I drive a truck, do I have chains for the tires? No. If it's not passable I miss work for the day, they understand, and I get back to work the following day after the ice melts.",
"#snowpocalypse ",
"haha guys some places aren't prepared to deal with snow because it is rare to them. haha aren't they the lamest people, guys? Guys?",
"PA here. I’ve started avoiding highways altogether the first sign of a snowflake. I can no longer stand being filled with near-constant panic watching cars zig zag through three lanes of traffic while someone rides my bumper and semis fly by doing 70+. \n\nI have to give myself a good bit of extra time, but it’s worth my sanity. ",
"I have to drive home to Raleigh in this tomorrow. Exciting. Thankfully the Impreza is awd.",
"Bad bot",
"Honestly, that photo is fucking hilarious\n\n/r/AccidentalRenaissance maybe?",
"RemindMe! Tomorrow on my commute",
"I very vividly remember my car getting pelted by salt",
"Honestly semis on flat ground don't bother me, they have the traction with their weight, but the pickup doing 80 does bother me a lot. ",
"I saw a lady go flying into the median once in Virginia (local plates) and then calmly steer back onto the highway like she did it every day. I was amazed and flabbergasted at her nonchalance with the whole thing. ",
"B-but muh superior northern snow removal ego needs to be stroked! I need to tell EVERYONE how we drive better because we prepare for snow months in advance because it happens to us for months and not occasionally once or twice a year! How can you all be so bad at driving, I'm so good!",
"As a grad student at NC State... This photo has circulated multiple times already this year. ",
"Lots of people in the South have 4wd trucks. Probably as many as awd as y'all have.",
"At the time this happened, I lived about two miles down Glenwood from the car fire. I went into the grocery store and there was zero snow. I came out less than 10 minutes later and I almost crashed just trying to get out of the parking lot due to the hill. (And I grew up in a snowy state and can generally handle driving in snow just fine.) \n\nI texted my partner and told him to head home ASAP if he had any hope of making it because it was already unusually slick. His office was on Six Forks near Millbrook. It normally takes 20-25 minutes. He didn’t heed my advice & waited to leave the office. (By the time he got to his parked car, it had actually slid down the hill and stopped when it hit the curb.) Three hours after he did so, he called and said that he was going to just stop at the next hotel he came to and spend the night. He ended up powering through and made it home five hours after he left the office. It was absolutely insane...but never has “I told you so” been more applicable. :)",
"No, this literally happened. Two redditors took pictures almost side by side 4 years ago when this happened.",
"You should just stay an extra day tbh.",
"Lol just slow down.",
"Maybe this is what makes Canadians so nice. 5 months of the year we are pushing each other's cars out of snow banks. Nothing builds a neighborhood like falling over each other once a car is finally back on the road. ",
"[Cut that shit](https://i.imgur.com/uqxeTqG.jpg)",
"This look crazy... a large part of the East coast is about to look the same.",
"We got that much and a guy road his snowmobile to work ",
"That's how it was today in Morgantown West Virginia, there was only 2 1/2 inches of snow. In 3 hours there was 30-40 maybe more car wrecks. A shit tons of car were just abandon after they gave up trying to make it home. Took me 2.5 hours to travel 3.5 miles. ",
"Oh cmon we got a few inches of snow a couple weeks ago and did just fine. ",
"Sitting in Michigan after getting 2-3in of snow just waiting for the updates and pictures ",
"I bought groceries and don't plan on leaving the house lol. I live at the bottom of a hill and the city doesn't plow my street... Or salt it.",
"I drove up to high point nc from Georgia. These folks drive so Damn bad its ridiculous. The entire town had big Ass arrows at every red light indicating which way you can travel. I have never seen this before. B u t as bad as they drive, i can see why.",
"Spinning out can be fun. And the one time it happened to me unintentionally (as I live in New England and generally you do this intentionally to learn the limitations of your vehicle in winter conditions as tradition), I made sure everyone had a good 30s of breaking distance.",
"An empty frozen parking lot is a great time. \n\nI love turning off the traction control and gliding around...",
"You're saying do the opposite of what my driver's ed instructor said and every owner's manual I've ever read? I need to go to bed.",
"Just think, places like Colorado and Minnesota get more snow than this on a regular basis and continue to function normally. Schools open, people still driving around doing normal shit, cars not on fire. Not even a drop of moisture yet and they already closed down Fort Bragg for tomorrow, i love it.\n\n",
"I was there for this snowpocalypse. Also from a cold weather state. It was a *little* bit about lack of driving skill. No, a lot bit, actually. NC drivers are atrociously bad even under the best of circumstances. Throw in a light dusting of powder and everyone loses their minds. ",
"Same here. Left class at NC State too late. Abandoned my car miles from the house and spent the rest of the day pushing cars up hills / out of harms way. There’s something very rewarding about just pushing cars and helping people avoid what just happened to you. \n\nI got home completely exhausted and cold to the bone, but have a very fond memory of that day.",
"I'm guessing you don't know what caused that fire.",
"The reasonable thing would be to just not drive on these days. Is it really worth the injury and damage for just one day at work or school? ",
"”Hit completed”",
"Fuck, I lost 35 extra minutes this morning in VT on a typically 35 minute commute.",
"Saw 3 accidents along a 4 mile interstate stretch yesterday. Even people used to it can drive like idiots. ",
"2.5 inches?",
"I live in Michigan, and the ignorance of so many of the posts in this thread alarms me. In the south, they don't have the equipment to take care of these conditions. It's scary enough driving in winter weather up here with all of the plows and the salt (when effective, lately it's sometimes too cold for salt to work), and we have plenty of accidents, including some catastrophic shit like Muskegon a week of two ago and the whole 94 fiasco a couple years (?) back. \n\nI know firsthand that if you don't have the infrastructure to take care of snow, like in the South, shit will get shut down. I was stranded for 3 days with my family in Romeo, Georgia, back when that \"blizzard\" hit in the early 90s.\n\nMother nature is a cold - hearted bitch in the winter, and no level of winter driving experience will stop crazy shit like this happening when the roads aren't properly maintained. ",
"Did they throw a turkey in for good measure?",
"This is photoshopped. I was there when this photo was taken and there was an Imperial AT-AT wreaking havoc. I hate how people try to edit images like this for fake news. Many Bothans died that day and they must not be forgotten!",
"Shortly followed by the [TRUE truth.](https://i.pinimg.com/736x/67/61/da/6761da1eb7445365bfe95478f7866d8f--snow-meme-winter-storm.jpg)",
"“Gain traction” accelerating. Not turning or braking, lots of people equate AWD to godliness in bad weather. It’ll help you from a dig but that’s it.",
"Pro tip from Canada, just slow down a bit eh.",
"Every time I see this picture I imagine the woman on the cell phone in the foreground is saying \"It's done.\" \n\nGood chance I saw a meme with that on it at some point. ",
"Months in advance? Pfff ",
"^ not wrong",
"2.5\"? Fucking Normies. I had to drive thru 1 1/2' of show and its not a problem",
"> Sure, lack of skill is part of the problem, but there are other contributors.\n\nFrom what I have seen the major issue is the lack of infrastructure dedicated to handling such weather. Why would there be any investment in something that might happen only a few days per decade? The result is that you have normal cars with normal tires trying to drive on roads which have not been salted, have not had sand spread on them, and have not been plowed. Even *if* the locals somehow magically had experience driving in such conditions, if all the roads are covered in completely unmitigated ice it is going to be a bad time.\n\nI don't see how people can forget the enormous infrastructure investment dedicated to dealing with winter weather in northern areas when considering how it impacts daily operations.",
"Did you just stop reading the comment there?",
"The annual meeting of the Summer Tire Club.",
"I am agreeing with your musings.",
"Cars in Minnesota that don't run winter tires likely run all-season tires. There's a big difference between all-season tires and the summer tires they likely run in areas that don't normally get snow.",
"Maybe try it for yourself in a safe environment and see which works best for *you*, but to assume just because you haven't read or been told about something doesn't mean it's wrong, I'm sure there are countless articles either side but in comparison personally I like this method better as I'm driving on bad roads a lot, and have front wheel drive. When you wake up here is something to [consider] (http://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/videos/amp31970/anti-lock-brakes-abs-snow-winter-driving/)",
"Yea, I love the people that move to the PNW from a flat state that gets only \"good\" snow and thinks that 4WD/AWD and \"living with snow my whole life\" is going to make them OK. No, no it will not. There are hills out here where the grade is so steep they simply keep \"road closed\" signs chained off to the side on the top and bottom and they are signed for no trucks (delivery or simi) because they *will* hi-center when they reach the cross street. And these are fairly normal, not even the \"scary\" hills the locals know not to try, or even be below, the even fully chained *fire trucks* going *down* lose traction and become a ballistic bad day. Where the snow and ice is too infrequent to convince the tax payers to pay for enough machines and material on hand to deal with sudden storms (that do happen). Where weather conditions can result in a solid frozen sheet of ice 1/4in thick, covered by wet slushy and slightly icy \"snow\" covered in a fresh coating of white that makes it *look* like just a snowy road.\n\nSo you take that, add in drivers that move to the PNW having *never* seen any snow ever, drivers from flat \"good snow\" states that \"know snow\", people who have put off putting on their winter tires because until 2 days ago its been warmish and raining and people who just can't or wont learn how to drive in bad road conditions and you have one huge recipe for \"fuck every single one of you, I'm staying home\".",
"You are one smug fuck without a lot to back it up, you know that?",
"The yelllow ones",
"Things got even worse when the Imperial walkers showed up. ",
"AWD/4WD helps you go, it doesn't do shit to help you stop which is the cause of crashes in weather like this. It amazes me that people don't realize this and drive like a manic.",
"The speed limit is more of a guideline. ",
"Me too, but I just figured my ex was drunk again. ",
"sounds like a blast! i live in oregon.",
"i lived in raleigh and remember this storm. i rode my bicycle to work and had a blast!",
"Fingers crossed it's good weather for you, if you're like me and front wheel drive keep a shovel and maybe some sand in the trunk in case you get more than expected tho",
"Powdered idiots, just add any kind of moisture and they pop-up ",
"I don't understand how 6 centimeters of snow can be this devastating. Then again, I am from Montreal.",
"A big difference here is that snow fell overnight and this snow hit during the middle of the day. I was working in a small retail store that wasn't in the mall, so I had big giant windows to watch it fall. It was actually pretty crazy, I have never seen snow accumulate that fast in NC. \n\nI was officially allowed to lock up and close the store 30 minutes after it started. I lived less than a mile from the store and I had trouble getting home. \n\nThe problem is the city was woefully unprepared for how fast it came along with the fact that the snow happened at just the right time that most businesses had their workers come in that morning. ",
"It snowed in Raleigh a couple weeks ago, not even an inch but enough to cover the roads and cause problems. On my way to work I was driving on a overpass when I looked over to the crossroad underneath and saw two big trucks with plows attached to the front of them with a line of cars following slowly behind. \n\nThat was my first time in 8 years of living here that I had actually seen a snowplow. ",
"I lived around Boston most my life and lemme tell you, despite knowing how to drive in the snow, it means fuck all when the whole state has nothing for snow removal or salting equipment. My hodunk town in Mass had a larger budget for dealin with this weather than the entire county down here. ",
"My work sent out an email stating that they would update us at 6:30 in the morning on whether to come in. I was sitting there thinking but it doesn't even start until 7 and if I come in then everyone is going to get stuck trying to get home at 9:30. \n\nLuckily my work is a flexible on what time we need to show up. As long as its between 7:30 and 9 we are good. I'm not leaving my house until 8:30, if I leave at all. ",
"> It was a mixture of timing, improper salting of the roads, and terrible timing \n\nBut what about the timing? ",
"Oh fuck! I thought this was fake? Clever photoshop ",
"-_- Its amazing how some people don't realize that having 10% of normal traction means you should actually do 10 UNDER the speed limit for once in your life. \n\nAssuming you want to actually get to your destination without calling a tow truck that is. Saves a lot of time to go slower sometimes.",
"Hello mom? You know how you said I shouldn't be driving in his weather? Well you were right.\"",
"The CT plates make sense, in Connecticut people drive however fast they want to drive in pretty much any bad weather except strong wind. For some reason wind is impossible to compensate for by slightly turning the wheel to push back, but 60+ on snowy roads? No problem! So what if we can’t stop, why would anyone stop on the highway anyway?",
"If 3 lane highways didn’t have a 55 mph limit that wouldn’t happen.",
"This is kind of off topic question, but do you guys in US have real winter tires with spikes or lamell surface? Like Nokian Hakkapeliitta 9 for spikes or Bridgestone Blissak for lamell tires?",
"In NC snow is more like a few days a year, and 6\"+ is far from unheard of. I grew up in NC and remember many snow days, sledding, etc. As others have said, it was a combination of factors that both made driving especially dangerous and put many people out on the road all at once.",
"This. As long as my car can move, I don't give a shit. Even on black ice all you have to do is drive a little slower, not slam the breaks, and slow down a bit extra on turns. I would wager that a lot of these people had trouble driving on an inch of snow because the air in their tires was low.\n\n\nLow air tire pressure = shitty grip = going to have a bad time",
"Eh he's exaggerating, it depends on the area. \n\nFreaking got pulled over with open containers (albiet just opened, and something I've never done since) and an ounce of bud, car reeked, I was the passenger in my own car and was letting a friend drive on their permit (while drinking......)and got nothing. Oh, she was on probation for two accounts of assaulting a police officer and a lot of other shit. Basically life over that night. But cop just handed back our IDs and left.\n\nNext day got pulled over for being on the phone. $2500 later and trying to get charges dropped over 6 antidepressant pills I had no clue were in the car. Nothing else on me.\n\nTwo different towns though. ",
"Look. Let’s make a deal between the north and the south. \n\nThe north won’t won’t make fun of the south with how they act when it snows. \n\nThe south won’t make fun of the north with how they act when they win a college football national championship. \n\nSeeing as both rarely happen for one another we should give each other some slack. ",
"Because everyone knows how to drive a boat.",
"I cannot stress enough about the timing. Timing is life, life is timing.",
"My last winter in NC was during this, the ice got me during this store. Nearly decapitated myself in the wreck, the guy behind me learned the hard way, it’s easy to speed up in snow/ice, impossible to slow down.",
"I moved to Raleigh that summer, and I didn't hear the end of it. But in my head that was 2004's winter, but I wasn't there so it's possible I got the year wrong. Stories about kids being kept in schools overnight made me think think people here had no idea what they were doing and if they could just drive better, it would be safe.\n\nI thought this until 2014. I don't think that anymore.",
"I have a 4WD truck (my wife had it that day), and definitely it helps. But 100% dead on. It doesn't do anything to help you stop.\n\nAlthough about 3 hours into that drive when I almost had to give up going uphill, I wish I had it. I ended up backing up and going through an unplowed shopping center where the snow hadn't been packed to ice.",
"I'm clearly not a car person as I recognized one of those brands (Bridgestone). Maybe someone else knows off the bat.\n\nI know I have some POS tires that aren't going to do well today.",
"Drive slower people. And maintain 4 carlengths between you an the cat in front. \n\nHonestly, drivers ed should be in school curriculum. ",
"Ok cowboy",
"You ppl need to visit canada for training. ",
">Nearly decapitated myself in the wreck\n\nUsername checks out.\n\nIn all seriousness, it sounds like you were pretty injured, you doing okay now?",
"You didn’t answer the question, and do you not know what a salt truck is? Also I don’t live in the south.",
"I have 4x4 and all terrain tires. People ask me to drive them whenever it snows in Alabama. They don’t understand that 4x4 helps me go, it doesn’t help me stop at all.",
"Actually we record snow was last week in NC and it was a lot more than 2 inches",
"How did the car catch on fire? Aren't they made to protect against that?",
"damn i really fucked that sentence",
"It's not really snow that's the problem, it's the layer of ice underneath and thr fact that we don't have nearly enough salt trucks and snow plows.",
"Yea here in New Bern we basically shutdown the whole town for 3 days",
"I moved tp NC from Cali too! I feel the same way. I'm not going to risk driving my small car in this kind of weather. I did once and my car couldn't stop at a redlight even though I was going 5 mph. The ice is the worst.",
"Actually came out with only a pretty decent concussion. I want to say the aftermath is posted on my account years back, rolled the car into a tree and for all account the tree should have crashed me \n\nOnly damage that I still have is migraines constantly but I’d rather have those than no head ",
"Lol awesome",
"!remindme 18 hours ",
"I did answer it.\n\nSalting the road is useful in places where it's going to hover around freezing for a little while. If it gets actually cold, it's a waste of time. And salt. You need either more aggressive chemical treatments, or more likely, to simply rely on people to be running actual winter tires with actual winter tire tread compound.\n\nPlowing is great. You would probably enjoy it. Don't know what you have against that - I find it pretty fun.",
"In a bunch of european countries people do have to switch tires twice a year. Although I'm not convinced that makes sense.",
"As someone who has lived in wisconsin most of my life and virginia a short period of time, virginia snow was significantly worse. For one, we have the means to prepare for it and take action before the snowfall by salting and having tons of plows on standby. The bigger thing however, is that the snow falls, melts, and freezes shortly after. The roads basically become one huge sheet of ice. ",
"I could see it in parts of Scandinavia sure, and in Russia, and Alaska, Canada, North Dakota etcc.. But not places like Denver, or Chicago. Who get much more snow than in this picture.",
"> The people up north don't normally drive around through a foot of snow all the time. They just wait until the road is cleared, then they go to work.\n\nWhile true that in most of America, even in the north, people aren't usually driving around with a foot of snow all the time, acting like people just don't drive when they roads aren't plowed is not at all true. Sure, there are the people who are nervous drivers in the first place who avoid snow-covered roads. The same people who don't drive at night or don't like driving in the rain. And a surprise storm hitting during rush hour has about a decent chance of causing a traffic jam because some idiot crashed. But the majority of us have enough experience driving in the snow that we know to drive appropriately for the conditions.\n\nYea, the layer of ice under a layer of snow conditions that the south gets is about as bad as conditions can be. And in those conditions the proper response is to force yourself to leave about 10 times as much distance as you think you need. Like it will feel unnatural. If it feels normal then you aren't leaving enough following distance.\n\nThe misconception that southerners seem to have about driving in the snow is that its dangerous. If you are at all experienced, the risk isn't crashing. Its getting stuck in traffic or getting stuck in the snow. Or maybe running off the road in an extreme case. And the stats actually bear this out... there are fewer fatal accidents (but more fender benders) in winter conditions.",
"I don’t have anything against plowing... and salt trucks don’t use just table salt. Usually some magnesium salt IIRC. And yeah sure winter tires are great, but not a “prudent” purchase for people who live in climates where it only snows once a year. ",
"Good bot ",
"Hello, yes, I’d like to order two large pizzas. Just bring them to the only car that’s on fire. Thanks.",
"What's the start for uphill snow driving?",
"...what was going on with your life back then???",
"When Aliens invade, they will make it snow in the middle and start from there... :@/",
"I thought this was Georgia? Anyways how did the cars get set on fire? I still don't understand this",
"This should be higher. Canadian here. Driving on snow isn't hard, but you've got to assume your 4 wheels are sometimes 4 squares that don't care which way they're pointed. In that case, the car's inertia is all that matters. You've got to keep the car pointed the way the wheels are pointed, but those can be 2 different systems for brief moments. \n\nAlso, less is usually more. From a standstill, the best traction occurs with the least gas; it's obvious, but once someone's stuck, they default to spinning the tires, creating glass grooves.",
"Rrrright. We might be a little focused on the driving-in-occasional-snow thing.\n\nWinter clothes. Planning travel around the conditions. Planning and budgeting for heating. Cutting timber and making firewood (for many). Care for animals. Keeping pipes from freezing. Starting cold engines. Camping/hunting/fishing in the snow and cold. Shoveling. Plowing. Helping out your neighbors with the same. Spreading gravel. Cleaning chimneys. Mounting chains. No winter growing season. Judging wind chill and avoiding frostbite. Snow sports, not just at the resort. It's all part of winter, and all inaccessible to a lot of people who just can't handle it. I've watched them come and go, or come and stay - some have the character, some build the character, and some never do (or at best they hide in a natural gas-heated apartment through the winter and try to avoid/ignore the outdoors entirely, until they slide off the road with no cold weather gear and require rescue from someone who *does* know what they're doing).",
"The real issue is its ice not snow. Often when the \"unprepared\" states get hit with a storm like this its not like it drops some nice skiing powder and thats it, it dumps rain or melts then snows and freezes. Driving in a foot of snow is no problem at all for even a 2wd car. Driving on a sheet of ice is dangerous for anyone",
"Consider this. We don’t fucking regularly get winter weather like this. Would you want your tax dollars pissed away on tons of winter road equipment for something that virtually never happens? Also. My buddies dad runs a wrecking company. During most winter events he’s towing out mostly New Yorkers and others that migrated from the north- basically people that should be smarter about driving in winter weather.",
"Looks exactly like when our Swedish capital Stockholm gets this amount of snow....",
"#iservived",
"> why would you need snow-ready tires where it rarely snows?\n\nYes! Thank you, you're the first non-North Carolinian I've seen to understand that. \nI grew up about an hour east of Raleigh, lived there for a time as well. Snow is a rarity, maybe once a year (or sometimes multiple years without it). I've had to make that point very clear, very often.\n\nI once got into an argument about this with a guy who had just moved down from New England (it was middle of summer), and at one point he screamed \"Why the fuck don't you retards buy some fuckin' snow tires\". I told him to wait and see why - two years later he sold his snow tires.",
"Drove in this. It was surprisingly fast, turned to ice immediately. Visibility was maybe 10 feet. Instant gridlock. We've had snow before and since that was nothing like this.",
"After the 60 inches of snow we got in Erie this past Christmas, this is absolutely correct. \nI had to work on the Wednesday after Christmas and the amount of pickup trucks that tried to pass me, on a severely snow rutted road, that was barely passable in the first place, was laughable.\n \nMy car was literally rattling down the road going over 4 inches plus of hard packed snow that was scraped bare in spots it was like driving over an automakers suspension test track. \nCue the Dude-Bros in their 4x4 pickups who would try to pass me hit a rut and immediately loose control.\n \nThe whole time I'm thinking \"I'm not going 20 to piss you off. I'm going 20 because anything over that is simply not safe\" and these are people that LIVE HERE & know about winter driving. It was absolutely infuriating.\n \nIt took me an hour and some change to drive 20 miles on roads that normally have 55 mph speed limits and are straight and flat. Yet here comes Brohan the barbarian in the Dilldozer who then tries to pass me, spins out over corrects and is suddenly enjoying life in the un-plowed 5 ft deep median because \"muh 4WD is teh tits\". So yeah its not my driving I'm concerned about. Its the fact that stupidity is universal and stupid is always in a hurry.\n\nedit: words",
"Never seen or heard of it and real winter happens here. It's always salt or that blue salt ",
"How can it be snowing... global warming.... oh right its fake.",
"All that over 6,35 cm of snow. Smh.",
"Im sorry for laughing so hard at this, i suppose most ppl have trouble with thibgs the are not exposed to regularly. Or....people's problem solving skills are in decline. In ....um 96 i think? Where i live we got 4 feet in like a couple days. City was shut down for 4 days and it was like a surprise holiday for everyone! But many here have ski-doos,snow shoes and x-country skiis but nothing burst into flames and no one got hurt (as i remember)",
"I KNEW 2.5 inches was a lot!",
"I'm so proud of Nashville this year. We had a good 3-4\" of snow this morning, and all of the roads, even the smaller ones in my neighborhood, were perfectly cleared by the time I had to go to work in the evening.",
"My alternative facts say [This](https://i.imgur.com/jsinqmV.jpg) is the real story.",
"We're riding your ass because you're going less than 30 when 40-50 is perfectly safe even in my lightweight front wheel drive tiny Asian car.\n\nSource: Western NY around Thanksgiving this year.",
"Look at Mr. Fancy Man over here with a car made in the last ten to fifteen years.",
"I wish people would put the name of the country in posts like this, or at the very least put the name of the state rather than just nc, I sat here for 5 minutes thinking of all the places that start with NC, at first I was like, \"Newcastle? nah looks foreign, \"North Copenhagen?\" nope nope, erm ok so its a right clusterfuck so I'm going to assume its in Amerika so is it... North...California?\n\nSeriously people please put in the full location.",
"This is the only reason I scrolled. Thank you.",
"As a Canadian it's just so hard to imagine people being unaccustomed to winter driving. ",
"The lesson to be learned here is to stay home if conditions exceed reasonable measures of control, which as far as I can tell is the situation you described.\n\nYou are doing no service to yourself or the general populace by attempting to commute in such conditions.",
"No joke: I was driving on I90 (not Connecticut, I know, but same general region) once doing 80mph, and the state police highbeamed me for *going too slow.*\n\nThought they were gonna pull me over, but nope. They even turned the spotlight on as they passed me, just to shine it into my eyes and reeeeeeeaally drive the point home that they thought I drive like a dick.",
"Just started snowing massive snowflakes, let my dog out and he went crazy trying to catch the snow , an indoor dog he is crying to go out and play in the snow now....almost blizzard conditions with high wind and big fat snow.",
"4 wheel drive is useless without locking differentials.\n\n'All season' tires don't handle any season particularly well. \n\nThose two sentences describe 98% of four wheel drive vehicles. A better description for the suv style 4x4's would be 'heavy ass cars with better ground clearance'. ",
"Don’t rev your engine more if your car isn’t moving or it’ll end up on fire. ",
"I go to NCSU and I'm truly worried about how this will turn out tomorrow. ",
"Or you could google.. Raleigh, NC. Like I would do for.. \n\nNorth Copenhagen, which leads me to a clothes shop.\n\nOr, Newcastle which leads me to the football team.. \n\nSo is it England or Denmark?\n\n\n",
"I remember about 10 years ago, Raleigh didn't bother to salt the roads and after 3\" of snow people were forced to stay on the 440 freeway, shoppings malls, and schools. It was insane. Seems like this is a problem every few years because they just don't have the planning and don't have city-run snow plows, etc. When you gwt snow like this once in a blue moon, apparently, the city sees having the backing isn't financially a smart move. So glad I moved outta that city.",
"Most people did abandon their cars. There was a giant downward slope on Sawmill Road. At least 15 cars were abandoned because thwy kept sliding down toward the middle valley of the street. Luckily we got our car home but we were pretty close to having to park it because it was sliding everywhere.",
"What the hell kind of shitty lawyer do you have? Anti-depressants are not abusable, and therefore are unscheduled– they aren't illegal to possess. Your stories sound like bullshit. ",
"But...but... I have 4 wheel drive! I can speed and be completely safe. Nothing my car can't handle with 4 wheel drive. ;-)",
"I hate this fucking so-called meme. Yes, some asshole spun their tires so hard and for so long that they overheated and ignited their car. Here is the truth:\n\nWe live in the ice-belt. We get rain, we get snow, but most importantly we often get ice.\n\nThe local news tells people to stay home, but often they don’t. We don’t have snow chains, we don’t buy snow tires, because it costs too much. \n\nSo we have ice. And the so-called “snow expert” drivers who have migrated here from the north don’t get that. They slip and slide just like the locals.\n\nFinally, we don’t maintain the infrastructure to handle heavy winter precipitation because it is cost prohibitive. Believe it or not, it is cheaper for the population to stay home for a day than it is to fully equip a fleet of plow and salt trucks throughout the year.\n\nDuring our last snow, several hills had to be closed because there was no way to get up them without studs or chains. Haha- stupid southerners. ",
"And the stores somehow go empty of bread, eggs, and milk. ",
"I remember this, my mother was stuck on that road for almost 3 hours. Oh Southerners.",
"Is this looking away from Crabtree Valley Mall?",
"Aye, you have 4 wheel drive so you can indeed speed up faster then everyone else.\n\nThe problem people forget is that everyone has 4 wheel brakes. ",
"For those who don't know, never drive on snow or ice without snow tires. The risk of killing someone goes up by 500% when you drive on icy roads without them.\n\n\n ",
"Never salted roads and what sounds like that duck shit slick snow sounds like a recipe everyone should avoid unless you happen to have chains or studded tires. ",
"I'm surprised people even went to work",
"Well yeah, If the south were always prepared for small bits of snow than no one would be making fun of how they handle it.",
"I live in Colorado and it all depends on your car. My dad has a Camry 08 or around there and my sister cracked his hubcap the first time she drove it in the snow. That car just can't do it in snow, and she's uhm, not the best driver. I had to drive some shitty Saturn like 98 and it got so icy that my muffler came close from the car rattling not getting traction. Worst ice I can remember, but I've never been in a crash. I've got a Subaru Outback now, 1999, and it came with studded tires, and regular. I threw on the studded cause the regulars were low tread, I'm ditching them spring time. Save money, save money. I mean my regulars, but if you got studded might as well use them. They r great. I was just dicking around in the snow would get up to thirty thirty five, slam on my breaks, just stopped. I was like well that's no fun. But studded tires are no better on ice than other good tires, and you just have to be careful. I delivery drive on the side so I'm out three nights a week, and I just know ice and snow driving. Come into stops straight, just let the car idle up, don't stomp but slowly press down. I lived in Wyoming too and the weather there is the worst I've seen, but my point is I've driven the shittiest cars and some decent ones for snow. Just got to know your car and not be impatient and I think you can be fine.",
"Thats the point I shouldn't have to do a google search, I should just go, \"ahh ok its in North Carolina\", its not just for this post its for alot of posts I see here, so many times people will just put down something like the name of a place or just the area code (or what ever you call it when its just NY, or NC) ",
"Lol",
"In northern cities that are prepared for ice and snow you just put sand down and you can drive in ice. They even have ice highways in canada and Russia. ",
"Whoo Indiana! I'm so proud of us not freaking out about snowy roads. ",
"2.5 inches? Yeah. That’s not even a skiff where I’m from. ",
"It's mandatory over here in Germany, even for foreign cars who cross the border into Germany (they'll get a ticket if they're spotted without winter-tires). It does give you more traction, which during icy times is much needed on the autobahn. Nevertheless I agree with people in this thread that when there's snow, snowtires won't save you. ",
"Sacrifice one car in an attempt to melt the snow?",
"That's strange, because someone told me that Raleigh drivers were really good at driving in low traction conditions. ",
"Yeah, *nothing* wouldn't be the word I'd use. It definately helps, but when there's snow and ice, AWD and snow tires aren't some kind of magical formula to not get stuck. If you lose momentum, sometimes you're simply fucked. ",
"They need some climate change!",
"In Sweden an insurance company wrote about this. Turns out 4-wheel drive cars was actually more likely to crash, and be in more severe accidents than 2 wheel drive cars. ",
"To be fair, it's very hard driving in snow with Summer tires.",
"I’ve been out of my home climate before in rough weather but it’s never resulted in a vehicle on fire. This is hilarious. ",
"4 wd is not very effective at improving traction on ice.",
"Its also extremely hard to correctly 4 wheel power drift compared to 2 wheels since all 4 wheels loose traction you no longer have anything keeping you going straight or in the direction you are pointing. ",
"This image makes me laugh, regardless.",
"Maintain momentum or perish. ",
"My experience in North Carolina from driving in snow in Canton and Asheville to driving in snow in raleigh back in the early 2000s coming back from a magic release. It seems any town East of Hickory is not prepared at all for any type of winter weather. ",
"If you want to be technical Feb 2014 is definitely 3 years ago and not 4 years ago. Just saying.",
"Ahh yes the day everyone nuts i will never forget.",
"Snow chains?",
"Salt/sand for Alaska and let me tell you, does wonders for making idiots like me who fell like they don't need studs because their all seasons on a Taurus will do, but does not do wonders for the undercarriage of the car. There's a term we call rusted out salt buckets here.\n\nTake a guess.\n\nAlaskan cars.",
"Yes, towards Durham ",
"I assume you guys wouldn't have had snow tires either, which makes driving in snow bear impossible.",
"If they were just 6 loose unmarked pills in the car, you would definitely be in some shit if you gave the cop reasonable suspicion. Seeing as how the previous day he had some tree and beer in the car, maybe we can assume that there was some skunky odor, or maybe he looked a little disheveled and the pills were out in the open, so many things could trigger a vehicle search. Including being pulled over for some bullshit not even 24 hours prior.\n\nOf course, that's really laughable, but it's not really unbelievable. And a lawyer for one or two court dates, probably more if the evidence had to be tested for narcotics, would easily be upwards of 1500, especially in a rich state like Connecticut.\n\nOnce they're tested and he's cleared, he's good, but it's still a hefty lawyers fee.",
"Looks like the division",
"Not to mention ice. The roads here turn to straight up ice. No salt trucks. Just slick ass ice. ",
"Fuck me. Last time I saw a bunch of Americans leaving all their vehicles wrecked in the snow like that, they were getting chased across Belgium by the Waffen SS.",
"Been living and driving in Maine for 30 years now. I laugh when I see comments from people in winter harsh states about how Southerners can't drive for shit in the snow. First off, these states don't have the resources to handle these conditions. I'd be willing to wager that four inches of snow in any wintery state would bring towns/cities to a halt if they were unable to apply the proper winter treatment to the streets/highways and plow. Many times the first few inches of snow can be like an oil slick. ",
"Holy shit that was 4 years ago?!?!?!?!?",
"No it's not. This is looking south from right past 540. Angus Barn is on the right.",
"All about winter tyres",
"Ayyy I was working in RTP and living on Edwards Mill at the time too. Called out of work that day. One of my smarter decisions so I didn't have to deal with Glenwood. ",
"Anyone looking to not feel superior can simply look at the picture. The road is a solid sheet of ice.",
"It was supposed to come later in the day, say 5pm. A lot of people went into work planning to leave a bit early to miss it or at worst have a slightly more pain in the ass commute home. \n\n\n\nInstead it started at like 130-200 and came down *hard* and people freaked out and everyone bailed from work at once, clogging the roads. ",
"They sont even use sand its a brine ",
"I always just like to bring up how poorly the Northeast deals with the neutered remains of hurricanes they occasionally get. ",
"At least we can pump our own gas, unlike Oregon. Ha losers!",
"Don't drive in it. It's not worth one day of work.",
"but half of NC is mountains...how the fuck do you not know how to drive in the snow?",
"Parts of Scandinavia only? It's mandatory in Germany, also in Poland. So similar to Chicago climatewise.",
">If you want to be technical Feb 2014 is definitely 3 years ago and not 4 years ago. Just saying.\n\nUmm... It's 2018... 2014 + 4 = 2018.",
"Reddit won’t let me forget lol",
"Im having PTSD from driving D.C.-->Maryland. I've never been so angry at the speed limit nor drivers in my life.",
"That looks like the aftermath of an Avengers battle, jesus.",
"They blow at readying the roads for moisture of any kind.",
"Is that true for all of the US? As a german, that sounds creepingly slow.",
"Hopefully they learned from this and created a budget/invested a little in the tools needed to deal with snow and ice removal. ",
"Blizzaks are common for good snow tires.",
"Knowing what speed to travel at is certainly part of a drivers 'skill'. So to the contrary driving in the snow has everything to do with skill.",
"Could you explain improper salting?",
"Bro I live in ohio, tons of snow. We don't need official \"snow tires.\" I'd wager that only maybe 25% of the people have separate tires for winter. You just learn how to drive. ",
"Obviously",
"Canadian here. I'm guessing winter tires are not really a thing down there.",
"Late to comment, but we live in Chapel Hill. During this storm, our tenant went to the store about 3 miles away at 1:30 and didn't make it home until 7:30. She had to walk the last mile with her groceries. The snow came down so fast that it caught everyone unaware.",
"Okay. I get the joke, southerners are horrible drivers in teeny tiny amounts of snow. But in reality, southern states don't have the infrastructure for snow prevention and clearing, because it happens maybe once or twice a year. There aren't very many salt trucks. Snow plows are pretty much non existent. If an ice storm hits us, we are proper fucked. So yeah, its silly as a northerner to see a southerner freak out over three or four inches of snow like its the biggest blizzard ever, but to the southerner, it is just as dangerous as a white out to a northerner. ",
"I know this is a fun picture (as long as you didn't have to live it). But this was no normal snow.\n\nWithin 20 minutes of it FIRST starting to fall, in the late morning, the road surface was icy slick. Knowing how to drive in it will help, but only so much. \n\nIt is true that a number of people who live in the South do not know much about driving in snow and ice, but this was a hugely different kind of weather event, not just \"1.5 inches of snow\". It was a little bit of ice, with a little bit of snow on top, and the inability to control your car on it within minutes of starting to fall took everyone by surprise. I, like many, waited for it to start before heading home, eventually parked in a shopping center lot and walked 2.5 miles.\n\nNormally after it starts, you have hours of slush, etc., before it freezes and becomes impassable, and everyone shuts down and stays home and waits for it to melt. Cities don't have the kind of snow removal equipment that is necessary up North, because it isn't necessary -- we stay home and wait for it to melt. It almost never lasts for more than a day or three. But we have snow or something like it once or twice a year, on average, and in over 35 years here and another 10 in Charlotte, there has never been any weather event like this one that I remember.",
"Then maybe they shouldnt drive if it snows?",
"Unfortunately we get a lot of ice, not just the snow and we're not really good at handling it lol.\n\nI live in High Point, and have to drive about 10 miles away for work...and I'm definitely not calling out tomorrow. Pray for me",
">Mother nature is a cold - hearted bitch in the winter, and no level of winter driving experience will stop crazy shit like this happening when the roads aren't properly maintained. \n\nI disagree, in Sweden we get double or triple the amount of snow during winter and our rate of accidents is one of the lowest in the world.",
"Thank you for making us look like not complete idiots, which is difficult lol. The amount of people that went out that day was CRAZY. People were either driving like madmen or grannies",
"Mandatory here in Italy. At least here in the north.",
"I want to know, how do people fuck up driving in snow that much? \n\nit's not *that* difficult. Every one of us in the north eventually has our first rodeo with terrifying roads... and I assume most of us don't fuck it up and crash",
"No one wants to risk injury/being stranded for 5 hours just so they can go to work. They probably just don’t want to be written up or fired.",
"Living in Raleigh, from North. You guys are terrible drivers even without snow on the ground. ",
"I was just in Greensboro for the past four days. When I was going back to Raleigh, there were salt trucks everywhere, and people were getting ready for a snowmageddon. Being from Boston I thought it was hilarious seeing that they have a forecast of about 3 inches. ",
"I'll bet you if you go out to your car right now and look at the sidewall, it will say M+S. Those are all-weather tires, and they are a helluva lot better for driving in the snow than what the vast majority of people in the south are driving on.",
"The idea that you're all that terrible in the snow is funny, but really snow depth isn't the major factor, or at least not the only factor in the road conditions. Hell, a week ago philly's roads and sidewalks were in such bad condition that almost everyone I know busted their ass on the sidewalk at some point. It was maybe a half an inch of 'wintery mix' coating it.",
"SAD",
"Whatever you do, don't slow down or adjust your driving in any way.",
"I’m positive it was more than 2.5” of snow. This was taken minutes from my house and my room mate at the time drove past the burning car after it was extinguished. Almost didn’t make it up the hills of Glenwood Ave. I believe it took him 5 hours to drive what normally takes 30 mins. Me? I was “15 mins away” and it took 2+ hours to get home. Insanity. ",
"The slowest highway I’ve been on was 60mph with most 70-80.",
"> 4 wheel drive is useless without locking differentials.\n\nyep. It's a marketing gimmick, isn't it?",
"It wasn’t snow, it was straight up ice. Doesn’t matter what you do, unless you have spiked tires you can’t drive on that.",
"Remember this? Happened 2 weeks ago in NY, 75 car pile up. Thank God they are not expecting more tomorrow!\n\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKGjkikzGhE",
"Had some guy try to fight me on this day because he was sledding down a residential road street and i put my hands up inside of my car while trying to make it up the hill. I had to stop. Lost all my momentum, had to back down the entire hill and try again. When I got to the top, he came to my window and flicked me in the nose. What a fucknut. ",
"Can cornfirm, I live in Ohio ",
"Yup. I didn't have my winters on when we got our first snow of the season in Southern Ontario. My summers are Michelin Pilot Super Sport. Basically useless in snow and ice.\n\nMy problem too was that I had to make a left on the hill. Got stuck. Went back down in reverse. Tried again, managed to get into the left partially cleaned lane, turned off traction control, so I could actually spin, since traction was making me lose all momentum. \n\nAnd if you start sliding on a down hill, take foot of brake and let some traction come back. ABS can only do so much.",
"That and leave more room to stop. It's terrifying having someone on my bumper here in NC with slick roads.",
"This dude doesn’t even know how to brine chicken, y’all. ",
"What are you talking about? The studs are only there for the ice.",
"A surprising amount of it has to do with local government response imo. Last time we had a snowstorm here the roads in my area were cleaned up immediately and it was perfectly fine to drive around in. Just 20 minutes away the roads were basically undriveable because they hadn't wanted to spend the money in preparedness.",
"Sure, buddy.",
"I remember when it hit. Me and my room mate were working in Greensboro. We lived in the apartments at Brier Creek. Let me tell you. That was a white knuckle ride back in a 2wd Silverado with half bald tires. Thankfully we had about 700 pounds of equipment in the bed. We came up and were able to shoot across the intersection at TW.",
"From the picture would not really understand what happened that day. The snow came in faster and sooner than anyone expected. Hills where difficult to get over. My wife had to leave to get the kids from day care that day because they were closing early due to the snow...a 15 minute drive one way became a 3 hour round trip commute...Oh and I got stuck in Montreal because flights were canceled.",
"Snow tires. ",
"A warm weather snowstorm, like the first storm of the year, is always the worst to drive in. Relatively warm ground, with rain and slush mixed in, to which you add summer tires, or all season tires, and non seasoned drivers. It’s easy to criticize southern drivers from northern climes, but we all know that sometimes the roads are just impassable, and not just from multiple feet of snow.",
"As someone who lived in Iowa and now lives in Raleigh, you are correct. Prep in Raleigh is a couple salt trucks running on the top 10 major roads. And plowing is the same, if any. Where as Iowa had plows running all the time and hit every road. Even cleared out the court we lived in. If we got 2ft of snow in Raleigh I’d be stuck in my house for days. ",
"Up until a few years ago, there were portions of the highway out here in Vegas that were 45mph. And this is without construction. Boggled my mind that they had it that low. Of course, everyone was still doing 60-80 except for that one person who thinks sticking to the posted limit when everyone is going that much faster than you is a good dea",
"The chances for snow are only at 30% for 8 am but 100% for 12 pm and the amount expected has gone up to 3-6 in on some reports. I think people here get so panicky in any sort of precipitation that its just not worth chancing an accident.",
"I live in Raleigh as well and work for FedEx driving a P&D truck, I remember the day as I was in Chapel Hill delivering on campus. The absolute biggest factor in everything going to shit was timing, as this hit around 4pm and it hit hard as hell. Everyone trying to drive home at the same time just as ice and snow are falling at record amounts within such a short time. It took me 4 hours to go from Chapel Hill to Durham, back to the terminal. Could not make it home after that so I had to walk to a hotel to stay.",
"It will be like the clipped together best of Nascar crashes tomorrow down there.",
"Tip from a northerner. Leave plenty of distance between cars. Don't lock up the breaks when or if you start sliding, it only makes it worse . Just steer and hope for the best . When slowing down don't be to hard on the breaks ( leaving a good enough distance between cars) stay off bridges unless you have to( they will freeze first and the fastest ) if you have a truck or a rear wheel drive car , throw some weight in the back above the tires . Feel free to add to it my fellow northerner's.",
"They brine the city down so much faster now. Haven't seen sand yet this year though.",
"This is why I'm staying home from work today, living in Durham, it's not the snow that's a problem, it's the ice and the idiots that makes the drive to and from work a nightmare.",
"Google Glenwood ave snow fire ",
"It does if you give it a chance by having good winter tires ;)",
"Well so far we haven't gotten shit :(",
"It's ridiculous slow. It's a 55mph 3 lane highway for me from near my house to the office. General movement speed is around 80mph as nobody has time to creep down the highway at idle speed.",
"I COULDN’T AGREE MORE. I mean, hell, even driving anywhere in this region is bound to cause PTSD. ",
"We do in NC as well but there's only so many trucks. The major highways get treated first. ",
"Are you talking snow or snow with a sheet of ice underneath? One of the problems we face in the south is that most of the time it snows, it is preceded by a \"wintery mix\" of sleet and rain. And then all that shit turns to ice which gets covered by a little bit of snow. It can make hills pretty tough to navigate.\n",
"Last I checked NC has ~1500 plows, and they do a good job brining the main highways and arterials before a storm. However as mentioned ice is the main culprit down here and that’s a much different experience than driving on snow.\n\n",
"Now just add zombies and we have a movie!",
"I’m in southern Virginia and we pre-treat with brine, the problem we had with the snow the east coast experienced 2 weeks ago is that it rained for 2 hours before it started snowing, washing it away and turning everything to ice.\n\nCouple that with infrequency of snow and it’s a shitshow. The last 3 big snows have been like that.",
"We mostly have brine trucks here in Nashville. They don't help when the snow is preceded by hours of rain/wintery mix.",
"Come on man! You don't want $1500 worth of wheels and tires you have to switch out for the three single days it snows across dec-feb?",
"They have to. Not enough trucks. The brine stays on the road just fine. ",
"As someone who lives in southern Louisiana and is currently looking at 2 inches of snow in my front yard, we literally do not have the infrastructure to deal with the cold. Yes, the south has had snow twice this year, but the last time we saw snow was 3 years ago; there is no reason we should own the salt and trucks and whatever else is needed, and pay to own, store, and upkeep something that we will only use a couple times a DECADE. \n\n2 inches of snow may not seem like a lot to some people, but I seem to recall heat wave warnings being issued in northern states for 80 degree weather. Our icy cold may be your mild spring weather, but remember, your meltingly hot is OUR mild spring weather. ",
"Only figure I could find was from 2013, for all of NC.\n\n1900 snow plows.\n325 front end loaders.\n450 Motor graders.\n~150k tons of salt.\n\nNC has a lot of highways and those are the first to be cleared. They work their way down to local streets from there.\n\n",
"Raleigh resident who was stuck behind that fire (took me 7.5 hours to drive home from Durham, which was 12 miles from my house):\n\nRaleigh tends to get more ice than snow, which is why there’s always a panic when winter weather is coming. I’m from Detroit, and we know snow and bad roads. It’s a fun meme, but it’s in no way accurate to say this is how Raleigh reacts to snow. This was a major ice event. \n\nIn addition, that entire stretch of road you’re looking at goes uphill for 3/4 of a mile peaking just beyond that burning car. \n\nLastly, that is Route 70, which is the main road through the heart of the city. Just behind this photo, the I-540 bypass offloads onto 70, and on the best workday this stretch of road is a traffic disaster. ",
"Just woke up, nice little 3 inches of snow. Headed to the store for some milk AND ITS ALL GONE. THIS ISNT A LIE, THIS SHIT ACTUALLY HAPPENS. ",
"Haha here in Canada (Ottawa) we get dumped 15-25 cm quite often. Such a normal thing to deal with. Id be happy with 2.5 inches vs 6-8 inches!",
"its already begun",
"Try living in it. Being a trucker as well hahaha",
"We're talking about NC here. The roads are truly the wild west down there at the best of times. Most people are still expected to go to work and there isn't exactly ample transportation options.",
"For anyone who is worried about driving in the snow I have a few tips for you from Chicago\n\n1. Never slam your breaks, even if you have abs, the name f the game is pump\n2. Don’t speed, I know this one is obvious but the speed range should always be limit-5\n3. If you can, shift down to slow the engine down with engine braking, it works better than your brakes.\n4. Have a bit of a longer following distance, instead of 2-4 go 5-7. This lets you anticipate more\n5. When turning or lane changing, don’t brake or accelerate, this will cause you to go into a skid. Take your foot off both pedals and ease into your lane. When turning slow down before you start turning\n6. If you do end up in a skid, don’t panic. Just remember don’t press your breaks you need your tires to keep spinning so you don’t slide off. Instead, counter steer the skid. Where ever the back goes, steer in that direction, like a fish. If your car is front wheel drive then while you’re turning five a little gas to help pull you back in line. ",
"We have plows and salt and brine trucks, it’s just there is a lot to plow and that takes time. Highways are going to get taken care of first, and then they work their way down to the local roads.\n\nThe problem as you mention is the ice, it creates a mess and is a lot different than driving on snow.",
"Yes, if we wanted to be at work for a couple of days. For me that would mean babysitting my students. I think I’ll go home, thanks.",
"Forgot to mention. At one point, I was behind 3 large plows, zero of which were plowing. I can't even explain that.",
"North Carolinians brace for horrific blizzard\n[nsfw](https://youtu.be/p_FF-VN7xmg) ",
"It's funny because Canadians visiting New York are shocked at NY's inability to deal with snow in comparison. And even with more experienced drivers (in snow) and heavy snow removal infrastructure in Canada shit there still can easily grind to a halt. Southern states really don't stand a chance.",
"Its also mandatory in Quebec. ",
"The snow we got last week (I'm in eastern NC, about an hour from Raleigh, but they got some, too) was the first time in a very long time that was powdery. Snow usually turns straight into ice, and while salting efforts definitely are better now then they were a few years ago, those roads (particularly back roads) can still get nuts. I have no idea how things are elsewhere, but NC will get about 2-3 snowstorms per year, and each one will last only a few days. People just aren't use to them, but ya gotta go to work. Bills don't take snow days, so look like we ice skatin'.",
"The 55 limit is a remnant of earlier times:\n\n>The National Maximum Speed Law (NMSL) in the United States was a provision of the Federal 1974 Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act that prohibited speed limits higher than 55 miles per hour (90 km/h). It was drafted in response to oil price spikes and supply disruptions during the 1973 oil crisis\n\nhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Maximum_Speed_Law\n\nA lot of roads still have 55 as their limit even though the law was fully repealed 20 years ago.",
" As someone who grew up in the northernmost town in Maine, and now in Colorado...i find this hilarious",
"And let’s not forget it never just snows in NC. Mother Nature likes to lay down a layer of ice first. Plus it only snows like once or twice a year, so nobody has snow tires (or good sense). I’ve seen so many people from up north get a real surprise when they try to show the silly southerners how to drive in snow down here. \nThat said, I have driven in snow down there in an all wheel drive Subaru with no problem. If you drive below 35 and don’t hit the brakes and leave plenty of space between cars, things go pretty well.",
"Some of the worst and most inattentive drivers in the world drive in that area. I try not to go anywhere near D.C. or Baltimore areas unless it's either very late at night or very early in the morning.",
"Were you in the passing lane? Mass state troopers behave this way if you are traveling in that lane over a longer distance than required for passing at ANY speed. Everyone just moves out of the way and then gets right back to life in the fast lane though. MA highways consistently flow at +20 mph over the posted limit when there is not traffic. ",
"It's about 3 hours away to be in the mountains. That's like telling people all who live in rural NY they should be intimate with the subway system in NYC. People just aren't that far away from home that often like. It's more common to in/near the mountains in Charlotte.\n\nNot that it would have mattered for that storm.",
"Snow tires are sort of mis named, yes they tend to have wider threads to evacuate more. But the biggest difference is softer rubber that doesn't get hard in extreme cold. That way you keep traction when the temp dips to well below freezing. ",
"There response usually is “but we just get ice the northerners don’t get that” or “we don’t have enough equipment to clean the roads” ",
"Unless you have studded tires, then it makes a world of difference. ",
"Okay yes, we can’t drive in the snow....BUT classes are cancelled at the sheer mention of snow by the news! (From Durham, NC- go to school in Raleigh)",
"Can confirm. Live just north west of Raleigh but I work there. But to be fair I used to live in the mountains where it snowed every other day and driving in snow is cake. People from the north don’t understand that we get ice a lot more than snow. Even 1/4 inch of ice from freezing rain makes roads completely impassable and extremely dangerous. What happened here was freezing rain started and stuck to the roads while people were at work. Then the freezing rain started mixing with snow when people started leaving work. We didn’t get the full 2.5 inches until several hours later.\n\nToday will be different, the snow started early morning before most people went in to work, and it’s just snow, no ice. The roads will be clear in a day. ",
"Live in New England and yes I swap out ",
"4WD doesn't really help you *stop* either.",
"> no one really has AWD cars in Ohio\n\nHow many Subarus do you see on an average day? How many \"crossovers\"/mid-range SUVs?",
"Was there on this day and I have to roll my eyes every time this is posted. This was snow on top of ice, untreated roads, and rush hour. As a Floridian I could make fun of New York for not being able to handle a tropical storm in the winter or I could understand that maybe they don’t have the equipment or infrastructure to combat it.",
"I moved to Raleigh from Oregon and this was my first snow in NC. I worked at UNC Chapel Hill and lived off Glenwood (this road) and lynn. It took me 7.5 hours to go 19 miles.",
"To be fair, it doesnt matter how fast you are going. If you are driving in the left lane with a cop behind you, you are driving like a dick",
"> I never saw any roads up there that were covered in snow like this with nobody clearing it.\n\nWe had a good storm here in NY over the weekend and city streets *still* aren't fully cleared. Main roads are good, but side streets are messy. They probably got 1-2 passes but need more.",
"Yes! This is what I was looking for. Thanks ",
"I have never used the locking differentials in my Rubicon in the snow on an actual road. Having them locked is a good way to wreck. You can't turn at any normal road speed. \n\nMy YJ is open all the way around and has no issues in snow or sleet. It doesn't get stuck unless the snow is higher than the axle, which probably won't happen on roads. ",
"Ice ",
"“Hey, mum, you will not believe what just happened”",
"And spend 60% of the plow budget driving the plows around for hours before the snow even starts to fall, ripping huge holes in the asphalt. PA/NJ, anyway.",
"Because the temperature tends to be higher the further you are south, we usually don't get snow at any temperature except right below freezing. Most winter weather we get starts with rain that eventually turns into freezing rain, and then into snow.\n\nPeople drive on all of that. There's 2 million people in the Raleigh Durham metro area and nearly zero public transit. So everyone is driving everywhere.\n\nBecause the roads are pretty packed and the cities wants to be prepared, They do it early. For instance, they put down salt brine yesterday I'm sure due to limited trucks. The rain this morning is washing away the salt brine before it has a chance to snow.\n\nThen, it snows.\n\nAlso, in the 10+ years I've been here I've only seen rock salt I think once. All I've ever seen used is brine or sand. I'm no road expert, but I hear rock salt his it's place in some conditions.",
"Most people have no idea what youre talking about. \n\n\"I pay taxes ill use whatever lane I want at the speed LIMIT dirrr hurdurrr\"",
"I was in the center lane",
"Lol, you people and your snow tire comments. You could give everyone down here snow tires and they’d still drive like fucking morons. How about learning how to NOT slam on your fucking brakes? Or NOT accelerating thru a turn? Or not flooring the accelerator when you feel slippage? This shit is not rocket science. ",
"It’s the Maryland drivers you have to watch out for. DC and NoVA drivers are fine. ",
"Yup... We got this snow in TN and it's snow on top of a layer of ice. It started out too warm so the snow melted and then the temp plummeted and froze everything.\n\nLots of hills and windy back roads. I barely made it back home safe. Temp dropped overnight too... Imma stay home with my bread eggs and milk and make emergency French toast- FUCK I forgot syrup",
"We get 4-5 snow days a year here on the norm, no one buys snow tires. ",
"The south doesn't get snow in the same way that the north gets snow. In this case in Raleigh four years ago, it wasn't 2.5\" of snow; it was 2.5\" of snow on top of solid fucking ice.\n\nIt also happened extremely quickly and unexpectedly while everyone was at work. There was basically zero time to prepare. You people post this same damn picture every year like you think it's funny when 1) you're making fun of people dying and 2) you don't even post the actual story.",
"From that event came my favorite reddit quote. Wish I could find it. \n\n“2 inches of snow and north carolina goes full retard”\n",
"Can confirm. Not 20 mins ago I drove up 91N in CT with steady snowfall and about 2\" on the ground. I was in the middle lane going about 55-60 on a stretch I always drive 70. One of those huge car carriers was behind me flashing his lights trying to get me to move, while everyone around me was doing the same speed. He passed me on the right going about 80mph and was out of sight. I still caught up to him.\n\nNot five mins later I saw an SUV almost get taken out by a plow becauae he too was speeding and didn't notice the plow until it was almost too late. \n",
"As a southerner I didn't even know such a thing existed until I was a well into my twenties.\n\nI figured if it was bad enough up north John Candy would strap chains to your tires or whatever. ",
"From the Western part of the state, but live in Raleigh area now. The worst drivers in this area are the transplants who have recently moved here. It takes a few months to get the impatience out of their system.",
"But they see commercials with Ford F150s punching it through snow storms and rivers!\n\nWhat is friction?!? ",
"It's always to be expected in winter, and just another day to us.",
"Most people here don't crash. There's just a lot more who do.\n\nThink of it this way - the percentage of people in snowier areas who say - have less than 20 hours of practice driving in snow is going to be pretty low. Maybe 1% of drivers at a time.\n\nThat is much higher at any given snowstorm here. So, if you look around, maybe 1 out 5 people are freaked out, and have no idea to turn into a spin or to not stop accelerating when going up a hill with little traction. \n\nIt causes more problems to those around them.\n\nI remember during the snowstorm in 2014 screamjng at the car in front of me when going uphill and seeing them braking when going uphill on a pretty steep hill. I almost lost control even though I knew exactly what to do. Driving in traffic is a team event and if enough players around you are inexperienced, it impacts your game too.",
"This. Exactly",
"Yeah, our Temps are always borderline freezing in these moments so we get slush then ice then powder on top to finish off the wintery snow deception.\n\nSoon as your tire throws that tiny layer of powder off you're spinning on ice.\n\nThe only driving \"skill\" involved here is knowing not to go driving when it's iced over. ",
"You got it right. 4wd helps you go, but doesn't help you stop. Go the speed that you can stop before you hit whats in front of you.\n",
"I dunno. I’m new to the same area and during the last snow everyone said how it was like a skating rink. Less than a quarter of our office showed up to work. It took me an extra 15 minutes to get to work and I thought it seemed relatively fine. Better than driving in a Colorado blizzard for sure yet cars were off the road everywhere! \n\nEdit: I’m sure there were specific problem areas that I would have said the same thing, but in general people in this area just don’t have experience driving in snow and don’t know how to manage themselves in it.",
"I mean didn't it hit before everyone was already to go home? It wasn't that people went out but went home.. ",
"It's common if you drive a rear wheel car, or most sports cars or muscle cars to switch to winter tires.",
"I actually thought of that after I posted... at any given snowstorm in the south, you have a much larger percentage of inexperienced people that are a danger to everyone else\n\nthere's also the fact that braking on a hill was drilled into me as a big no since before I could drive, because I saw my parents drive. That goes a long way I guess",
"Because ice is ice? We don't really deal with snow. We deal in ice",
"No, believe it's facing towards crabtree. This is either the hill next to Angus Barn or next to the Fred Anderson Toyota plaza. Glenwood has so many hills that look like this :/. This is definitely that zone where the speed limit drops from 55 to 45 which is why they have the orange around the sign.\n\nEdit: Yeah wasn't hard to find. Just past Angus Barn: https://goo.gl/maps/1RBzmpSfFTx",
"I hate glenwood almost as much as I hate capital.",
"Michigan actually stopped pre-treating their roads for budget purposes. In my area, they don't plow until a heavier snowfall hits. The difference is we know to slow down when ice and snow is present... However some people still need a reminder when the first snow hits.",
"If you are slower than other traffic, and not passing someone in the right lane, he was flashing you to get over into the right lane where you belong.",
"https://imgur.com/a/kYicM Taken about an hour ago, clearing the walkway and throwing out some salt. It was easily 2+inches then and the snow still continues...",
"No we aren't. We expect snowfall and prep our vehicles for it. ",
"\"Let's build skyscrapers on the hurricane-prone coastline in an urban center that will be utterly demolished should one of these monstrosities take a nosedive. Oh crap, they used bolts for pin joints instead of welded moment connections on this one, so heavy winds could take it down...\"\n\nIn the end, it's a 2 way street of finger pointing and name calling. Let's also not forget NYC's panic over the realization that cockroaches can fly.",
"Ya. You might be fucked then. ",
"As a native I feel compelled to say if you don't like it go back :-)",
"but here the north they don't plow or salt the roads until it's done snowing usually so they don't have to do it twice. the grand majority of people don't have a specific set of winter tires on either and most of them don't have 4-wheel drive.",
"Were you here for the big (around 20 inches) we got around 2001 or so? I was in elementary school at the time, and it was probably a good week+ out of school. That was a mix of fast falling snow and the storm sticking around for a day or two. \n\nAt least the snow we got earlier this month was a dry snow. There was no ice until it melted on the roads, and you couldn't even make a good snowball with it. I had about 3-4 inches in the yard, with drifts up to 8 inches around the house.",
"I don’t care what you drive. If you live in an area that gets snow and/or ice, and you’re unwilling to change tires between summer (or all season) and winter tires, do everyone a favor and make your next set Nokian WR-G3 tires. You can run these all year long but they are rated for winter use (severe service). They will change your life in the winter. I have been using them (and WR-G2 prior) since 2003 and you feel like you’re playing in cheat mode. Yes, you still have to take it easy in the snow. Brake slow, turn slow, accelerate slow, go slow, BUT these will make your car do things others running all season tires cannot dream of doing. Doesn’t matter if you are allwheel or two wheel drive, put four of these on. Dedicated winter tires are even better. Nokian has great offerings though I most recently went with Michelin X-Ice 3 and I have been more than pleased with them. Stay safe. ",
"No I do not remember this as I am a citizen of another nation.",
"My daughter was born in early December, as such we didn't travel to see family for Christmas, we decided to make our trip this weekend, in February. Saw the forecast for snow, so decided not to go the Asheville route on I-40, but up through Virginia. We went over the bulk of the snow. Imagine my surprise, arriving in Kentucky, and reading in the local paper about Raleigh and Durham and seeing that photo, and the hotel up on I-85 that opened it's rooms for free to all the people stuck on the interstate.",
"When it's not in your city budget to prep the roads properly either that plays a huge part ",
"If I remember right it started to snow when I was still at work on the night shift, and the next day fighting with my boss on the phone about not being able to make it in cause if not they were gonna fire me (illegal) but we tried anyway and got stuck and damn near didn't make it home.\n\nThen after that the power went out so people went to flock and get gas for generators, which was crazy cause people did NOT know how to drive\n\n*Edit cause I hit send too quick",
"Come to MN, we'll show _you_ snow",
"Nah I just moved to Goldsboro back in October. That would have been pretty cool to see though.",
"> 4 wheel drive will not save you if you have no idea what you are doing.\n\nYeah, you need winter tires, not 4 wheel drive. The drive means nothing if your tires just keep on spinning on the snow and not gripping the surface.",
"A lot trucks/SUVs are rear-wheel drive in warmer states which makes them much worse than your average front-wheel drive sedan.",
"Does reddit have to post this every time we get snow?\n\nI'm already forced to live here for work, that's punishment enough. I see these idiots every day, I don't need an old picture to remind me. \n\nLast year I drove my FWD hatchback past about a half dozen 4WD trucks that had slid off the side of the road otw to work. People are regularly shellshocked I leave my home when the devil lets loose the frozen skies.\n\nThese people are complete morons during perfect weather, please stop posting this and punishing those of us that have to live with them nearly all year...",
"im calling bullshit on that being your first time. i live in a little town one hour east of raleigh and im pretty sure i have seen three snow ploughs at once in my little town of 10,000 ppl. ",
">Clevelander here: we’re lucky\n\nFirst time I have ever seen those words together before",
"[Really?](https://youtu.be/0pzpv9CEbuk?t=54)",
"do you go east of greensboro much?",
"Doesn’t it snow every year in NC?",
"That was a crazy afternoon. I live in Raleigh and know exactly where that hill is. I'm from NJ and as much as I like to make fun of how Southerners have no idea how to handle snow, it snowed REALLY fast that day. ",
"Yeah haha my boss asked me (I'm a bartender so you know my life is valued below that of the liquor bottles I pour) \"hey Lionel ok. No one else had any problem getting here (this was a lie as the other manager told me five called out), so be honest : are you calling out because you're worried about your safety?\"\n\nI just kinda let the silence marinate for about ten seconds on that one. ",
"No, I think it's right here: 9303 Glenwood Ave\n\nhttps://goo.gl/maps/1RBzmpSfFTx",
"I agree. I like to think that Maryland people get their licenses out of cereal boxes. There's no way they have to take a test. It's the only logical explanation. Sorry friends from Maryland...",
"That's right in front of where I live. Really brutal section especially without adequate snow removal, salt or snow tires.",
"You talking to my cousin, cunt?",
"Nah. It’s about equal, just different styles of bad driving. In Maryland it’s more inattentive driving and a wide range of drivers (some do 35 on the beltway, others give no fucks and try to be an f1 driver), Nova drivers frequently don’t check their blind spots and cut in front of you and frequently can’t hold their own lane and miss exits. They also like to speed and squeeze into gaps by slamming on brakes as they transition lanes maybe a car length or two in front of you. D.C. drivers are either aggressive and tailgate the hell out of you even when there are lanes to go around you (I’ve been tailgated in the right lane with two open lanes and no exit) or they are cabbies who don’t know what road rules are. \n\nSource: Live inside the beltway",
"The biggest issue I see with the south is that people don't get new tires regularly. They will drive on the tires until they are bald. This is the same reason why people hydroplane and crash when there is barely a light mist of rain.",
"ICE =/= SNOW\n\nAs a GA native I can't stand when northerners ^^yankees think they know everything about winter here. You can't drive on ice, your car will slide down basically any icy hill no matter how much snow you've driven on before. \n\nHere's a guy skating down Peachtree Street in 2011: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iudRPyX4934\n\nIt's never stays as snow. ",
"Damit...this was in Reddit last year too...they really don't know how to prep for a snow storm ",
"That's the key though.\n\nIf you panic, you overcorrect and really fuck yourself. You need to stay calm and keep your head on your shoulders in icy conditions. Our instincts fuck us when driving (standing on the brakes, overcorrecting, not turning into the slide)",
"As someone who moved to charlotte last year why do people lose their shit when snow is on the way. \n\nI went to harris teeter last night and you would think the apocalypse was coming",
"Snow in the south turns into solid sheets on ice on the road. It's never fluffy powder.",
"Oh no, a whole 2.5 inches? Us Minnesotans have 3x that right now",
"\"Know how to drive in it\" \n\nJesus this ignorance infuriates me. ",
"I normally would but it’s not an option unfortunately.",
"When we literally get 2 snow events in a year...yea ok",
"you act like these things are hard to learn or get accustomed to. if you live in a harsh environment thwn you need to learn how to make things work there. captain obvious wants his title back. ",
"Thought this picture was Atlanta?",
"Just moved here to the Raleigh area back in July from just outside NYC. Moving a lawn chair to the street to enjoy the show. Still have my 4x4 Jeep, but I'm not driving anywhere.",
"yep. live about an hour east of greensboro. i will eat my words and say i saw one this morning on the way to work. ",
"I thought this picture was Atlanta ",
"People have this mocking snide attitude but those factors are what really make it dangerous.\n\nA year ago the Portland area had some of the worst ice/snow storms in recent history. It shut the town down because of the refusal to use salt and the horrible inability of people to drive in those conditions.\n\nYou can say all you want how stupid it is for people to panic with that little snow but you have to remember it doesn't happen more than once a year and even then sometimes we don't get snow at all.",
"As a former police officer, we generally, at least in my jurisdiction, had a 15 MPH over leniency. Anything more than that was dangerous and we'd stop you.",
"Hmmm...I guess this Yankee-derived Westerner has been ignoring physics for the past 40-some years I've been driving on ice and snow covered ice.\n\n>...without adequate snow removal, salt or snow tires.\n\nThere is the problem. You fine Southern folk are not setup to deal with snow & ice conditions on the roads. No reason you should be really, all that stuff is expensive. Too much so for getting used a few times a decade. Getting a few trucks rigged for plows and salt spreading might be prudent, otherwise just shut stuff down for a day or so. Like we do when we get 18+ inches of the white stuff here in the Glorious People's Republic of Boulder.",
"To be fair, I doubt the entire state of North Carolina has as many snowplows as just the city of Chicago. And northern states have massive stockpiles of road salt that many southern states don’t. So even minor snowstorms can stretch the limits of what they can handle. Not really surprising that they were unable to cope with something like this.",
"I'm the car that's on FIRE.\n\n~~*10/10 self promotion intended*~~",
"yea i live in a tiny town about an hour east of raleigh and have seen quite a few snowplows in my lifetime. they are rare but definitely here. ",
"We're experiencing this crap in northeast Texas now. It was 60 degrees earlier in the day then the temp just suddenly dropped.\n\nMy son hasn't been to school in 3 days (although Monday was MLK day), and there has been a shitton of wrecks. I believe there was a 20 car pile-up just yesterday.",
"Eh, Michigan here. We deal with the same snowfall and we're all jerks. My theory is Canadian bacon, Nanaimo bars, and maple syrup is what makes you guys so nice. ",
"ah gotcha. hope you all aren't affected too much by what's passing through today. interstates were covered around the hillsborough/chapel hill area. ",
"We, in the SE part of the states, are really bad at snow... We had a light dusting on the road last night, and my car slid twice just trying to get home from work. ",
"One good reason to ready snow tires I feel is [shown in this video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWwK7kx7V44&t=130) where winter tires are your only hope of actually being able to stop when you run into ice.\n\nIf you don't have winter tires in the snow you are asking to crash.\n\nIf you want to drive in the snow either get winter tires or get of the road the risk is to high for everyone.",
"I'd like to see a how a norther city does if you take away all their salt, plows, snow tires, all that stuff. \n\nPlus in Atlanta it was extra fucked because no one rides public transit. The ones who do were able to just ride the train to their station and get home way faster.\n",
"yea everybody is still open right now but you can tell they are going to shut it down asap when the first snow starts falling..just like two weeks ago. good luck and stay warm over there!",
"Snow tires are mandatory in Bulgaria too. Also during the winter the tread of the tire has to be at least 4mm. Also headlights should be on all year long (daytime running lamps do not cut it).",
"Keep in mind its MPH not KPH... perhaps that makes a difference.",
"I like how the top comments are everyone trying to justify this hilariousness\n\n\"TO BE FAIR THAT SNOW WAS REALLY WET\"",
"> cabbies who don’t know what road rules are\n\nThe cabbies who park in the middle of a street to pick up fare, sometimes leaving their car in the road for several minutes at a time? And think lanes are \"suggestions,\" including when they're \"lanes\" of \"oncoming traffic.\"",
"That photo is showing much more than 2.5\" of snow....isn't it?",
"Freaking over three or four inches when you don't see such every year is perfectly understandable. When it happens, STAY HOME. Work from home if you can, or use a day of leave/sick time. Keep the kids home from school and build a snowman on the front lawn. \n\n",
"This is all I needed to go home this morning. My lame ass stupid ass job had us coming in like some goddam retards. Talking about \"it's not snowing yet\". Everyone in the office was like \"It took me five hours to get home last time\". Seriously? And yall still haven't learned? Fuck that shit I headed home just in time! ",
"But Alderaan had snow tires. Wait who is Alderaan??",
"I do remember it well. I got caught in it. It was a very exceptional event, which is something that many people who weren't there won't understand or appreciate. And, it's unlikely to recur today.\n\nThis happened in an area where most years, 2.5 inches of snow in one event is a rarity. On average, snow events drop an 1 inch or less. It's also an area where a lot of our winter storms end up being ice events rather than snow.\n\nNext thing to consider is that the bulk of this 2.5 inches of snow fell in a very short amount of time, maybe 1 hour. And it started out as rain which washed the brine away, turned to sleet and freezing rain, then turned to snow. This prevented the brine from working. So, the road was ice, with a layer of slush on top, and a layer of snow on top of that. Even cocky drivers from snow prone areas with very capable vehicles were coming into work the next week with their tails between their legs.\n\nSince it was unexpected, the bulk of the workforce was actually at work when the event suddenly changed in scope and severity. This happened right around lunch time. Businesses started making the decision to send people home as the storm took a turn for the worst. It seemed like everybody was heading home at the same time, as though it was 5 p.m. instead of 12 p.m.\n\nI remember it took me a couple hours to travel 2 miles. The roads were so slick at the time that people were slipping and sliding just walking on it, let alone driving on it. Many of the hills were tough to impossible to traverse for most vehicles. There wasn't enough room to get your speed up. At the time it was stressful, but I didn't realize the nature and scope of the event until later that day. It was actually pretty incredible.\n\nToday's event will be different. I'm not saying there won't be trouble spots, but it won't be that bad. For one, even though the forecasters have gotten the time and amounts wrong with this storm, they were certain enough that we'd be getting snow that a large chunk of businesses had already made the decision to close today by yesterday afternoon.That didn't happen in Snowmageddon and it means that there simply won't be the mass of people trying to get home all at the same time.",
"As a person born in Ottawa all I can say is: hahahhahaahaaaahhhhhaaaaaahahahahahahahahaaaaaaa. ",
"Snow tires aren't just for snow. That's why they're called winter tires. The rubber in your average tires just isn't built for cold temperatures. At the very least, if it's getting below 30-40 degrees most days, you should have all seasons. Too many people don't even know what kind of tires they have (they probably have regular summer tires). The rubber hardens and you're a danger to yourself and others in freezing temperatures when the road is clear.",
"Y'all are really pumping me up for work today. I work on creedmore and I'm considered \"essential personnel\" so I have to try to get there no matter what :/",
"Well yeah, new signs cost money that could be better spent on mahogany tables for the mayors office.",
"Remember the fallen and help those that will fall today.",
"Too real, Ohio here. ",
"That same storm dumped 17\" on us, when we had just received 9\" ten days earlier. (Feb 3rd 2014 and then Feb 13th 2014)",
"I'm not sure why you think our roads are magically clear up north, or even why you think we use special equipment. We just drive more carefully when the snow inevitably starts piling up. I'm not even sure how you think four wheel drive helps in snow. ",
"Just woke up in raleigh aaaaaaaand grounds clean. Class still canceled tho so I ain’t even mad.",
"Good god",
"Hasn't it snowed in NC like three times this year already?",
"Just because you haven't heard of it doesn't mean it doesn't exist. They use brine here which is a salt mixture but not 'rock salt' that you get pelted with ",
"Not true but that's not the problem: it's the people who drive small suvs with \"AWD\" which is fine but it doesn't do shit helping you turn or stop. You can get going in a straight line fine but as soon as you need to stop and you're doing 35mph because \"MUH AWD\" is when you slide through that intersection or down the hill into the ditch. ",
"I think most people don’t understand is that Raleigh doesn’t really get snow, it’s a mix of snow and mostly ice. And it’s damn near impossible to drive on ice. Especially in a city that experiences snow 3-4 times a year",
"OK, if you say so.... You're wrong but ok! ",
"I live in an area of NC that gets snow regularly, the mountain areas. I have found that it's not the natives who often wreck, rather it is the northerners, the half-backs, as we call'em. These are folks from NY or NJ or wherever up north, usually retirees but not always, who moved to Florida but found it too hot or too crimey. They don't want to move back north as it is too cold and too taxy so they only move half-way back, to SC, NC or Virginia. These are the one's who have the most automobile accidents. We have salt, we have plows, so we're as prepared as any state up north, but these halfbacks seem to think that because it is southern snow it must be less slippery. So they haul ass and they crash. ",
"There's no more unemployment, poverty, or disease on Alderaan. Truly the perfect society now, thanks to the Empire.",
"Snowpocalypse 2014. Good times",
"Yep, better get your [bread & milk](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6zaVYWLTkU)!",
"I’m in Charlotte and I feel like so many of our driving problems are people who came from up north that know how to drive in the snow but don’t realize how unprepared our roads are for this. ",
"I'm betting you're a blast at parties with your, \"well actually\".",
"I don’t get the ice argument - does ice magically stop existing past a certain latitude? As someone who lives in what you would call the North, ice AND snow are very, very common.",
"The larger factor is the lack of winter tires. Folks want to overestimate the factors they control and underestimate the ones they dont. \n\nThose winter tires go a long way towards you being so \"skilled\" at driving in the snow. Even try driving in heavy rain in really slick summer tires and it will question everything you thought about your driving ability and how much control you have over a vehicle I'm anything but the best of conditions. But be ware....it's sobering",
"Dude It’s just what I hear, I think it’s stupid. They claim that it does.",
"It clearly doesn't given how icy the roads are every time it snows lol",
"My parents couldn't get out of their house for days. My dad swore two snowmobiles went by and when I laughed, made my mom back him up to assure me he hadn't lost it. Who even owns a snowmobile in eastern NC?!",
"I live in a state that gets quite a bit of snow and while I don't buy snow tires, I do look at reviews on Tirerack in regards to how the tires handle snow. I sure as shit don't buy summer tires and if my treads are even close to needing replaced before winter, I replace them. \n\nMy car handled the snow much better last winter compared to this winter and it's because they now have 25,000 miles on them vs being brand new last winter. Maybe this had a bit of an effect on the situation as well.",
"Alot of the time the right most lane will branch off into other thruways, atleast where I live. And the center or left lanes are needed to go down the same highway or a different exit. Then again, the speed limit on my thruways are 55",
"Except it’s all about driving skill. If the conditions are really that bad and Colin McRae in a Subaru would have trouble, it’s time to get off the road. Part of skill is knowing when you’re ill equipped for the conditions. ",
"Sooo repost then?",
"Are you surprised? ",
"Most people in Raleigh moved here from up north. People say \"I know how to drive on snow\" because they did up north and don't know that it's different. We have a layer of ice under our snow. Anyone who's been here a long time knows not to try without a 4 wheel drive car and goes real slow. It's not about knowing how to drive on snow, it's knowing how to drive on ice.\n\nI laughed at this photo at first but now every time we get snow it's like people watch our weather forcast to mock us.",
"Sort of. They work better than summer tires on snow though, that's for sure.",
"\"Hey Boss? It's done, you don't gotta worry about dem guys no more.\"",
"Replace \"car\" with \"pickup truck\" and it describes every vehicle occupying a snowy ditch in wisconsin. ",
"The problem is that many people cannot afford to take a day off, or their employers force them to come in or else they will get fired. Many southern states are \"fire at will\" states where its perfectly legal for an employer to fire someone with absolutely no reason.\n\nPersonally, I have a decent job where I can either take a personal day or the company will just straight up close for the day (50% of the job is driving), so yes I agree that staying home is best if you can swing it. But a lot more people can't swing it.",
"Don’t forget dude I put rainX on my car so I don’t even need windshield wipers. ",
"I lived a few blocks from there at the time and if I remember correctly, the car on fire had nothing to do with the snow. It just happened to catch fire. ",
"The problem is black ice. It will rain the night before and freeze over. We dont have any salt trucks because it might only happen one day of the year. Today find the most icy road you can then try driving on a road that hasn't been salted and without any snow tires and let me know how it works out",
"Why is a car on fire though? ",
"It's funny when this picture gets mocked and Raleigh overall for how it handles snow. Most of the folks in the Triangle and major cities in NC are from the North and/or transplants. ",
"Yeah, we get some shitty ice storms in TN. ",
"I thought they started moving to some sort of molasses mixture to prep the roads right before big storms. IIRC it was shown to be just as effective and less harsh on the cars undercarriage. Must not be everywhere though.",
"That and we get a lot more ice than snow in the south. Snow at least provides some traction. 2 inches of ice on the road and no one should be out on the road no matter how much experience you have on northern roads. ",
"Nah man, I'm from Colorado and the conditions the radio was describing for Lousiana are crazy..... best advice I can give as a snow driver is take it slow but with black ice that doesn't always help.",
"Yes a lot of this southern states don't have the infrastructure for weather like this because it only happens every 3-4 years. Live in Shreveport,LA. Schools have been closed for 2 days for 1.5\"",
"This is my go-to picture when I'm talking with a northerner about snow in the south",
"Had to walk a whole mile?! The horror!",
"yeah i get that feeling too. thanks, you as well!",
"and we all know that spiders weren't native to Alderaan; it was just a matter of time till they became sentient and took over the planet and then the galaxy.",
"It's cool I was just being sarcastic on account of the title more or less saying \"check out this repost.\" You're probably doing a good public service by reminding people.",
"People from states where it doesn't snow and they don't even know winter tires are a thing.",
"And you are probably a nice person IRL. :)",
"Same thing happened in Birmingham, AL and the whole city has been shut down for 2 days already for fear of the snow.",
"You laugh, but that road isn't pedestrian friendly (most roads in Raleigh aren't). She said there was an SUV that slid off the road and almost plowed right into her.",
"That's crazy. Stay safe in this snow dude!",
"100% all this. I grew up in this area, and while we do freak out over the mere thought of snow/ice, this day was like nothing I had ever seen before down here. It went from zero to the apocalypse in just a few minutes, it seemed, and the roads were immediately a sheet of ice.",
"If you ever leave your house and see this shit on the roads, turn around and go back home. No sense getting killed in that shit. At least where I live they salt and plow consistently so it is rarely this bad.",
"Niagara Falls native. \n\nWe don't pre-treat roads here in any meaningful way. There is no budget for it, and there really doesn't need to be, considering this only happens once/twice a year. \n\nThis storm in specific was rough because it was unexpected. My wife was working in Burlington at the time and had to drive back just before the snow hit. Her normal hour drive became 5 hours. She was stuck right behind the cameraman of this picture for over an hour. ",
"I imagine that the biggest difference between northern states and other states that might not see as much cold and snow when it comes to driving in this kind of weather partially has to do with tires. Most up in Michigan have all-seasons and winter tires, but I imagine elsewhere where it’s typically not snowing like this, there might not be a reason to do so, so most would opt for tires that perform significantly worse in the snow, making commutes hella worse",
"I spent some time in Montana and the snow is far more dangerous in NC. The plows do clear the main roads and highways quickly; the problem is that freezing rain usually happens for several hours prior to the first snowfall. Almost all the salt gets washed away, allowing the ice to set before it even starts snowing. Even today we had overnight rains that are now freezing as the snow starts. ",
"I live in NC. We get snow probably far more often than you think. \n\nUsed to, in the past, it was cyclical. We'd have a snowy year or two in a row and then none pretty much for a year or two and then snow again. But over the past 20 years (yeah, I'm old) we've had snow every year, zero breaks. Some storms have dumped more than a foot of snow, but mostly we get about half of that per storm. \n\nWe have salt-sprayers (which always deploy the day before the snow starts falling), plows and some of us actually have chains for our tires in case it gets real deep, like over a ft deep. Some of the rural roads down here never see a snowplow so it's up to you to take measures. \n\nThey were calling for about an inch of snow today. We've already got four times that. But we're still out driving and shopping. We're waaay more used to it than you think. \n\n",
"With winter tires? Chains?",
"Why aren’t my classes canceled yet?",
"And cold. ",
"[Why snowpocalypse happened](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pk_xK9AZ_Z4)",
"It was 55 degrees Fahrenheit yesterday in Salt Lake City Utah yesterday...... But no Climate change isn't real...",
"Nope, whole different disaster. ",
"Well, the north also preps the roads before, during, and after winter precipitation - so northern transplants to the south aren’t going to handle driving in the snow there without that huge benefit.",
"Oh, you'll be punished. ",
"This. Salt is expensive, as are those heavy duty dump truck with plows we see up north. ",
"That's not snow. I like to call that shit \"white grease.\"",
"Well come on over, but bring some popcorn. ",
"I hope those peckerwoods bought snowstorm simulator for practice this time",
"No road treatments. \n",
"They pre treat roads up where I am so this just doesn't happen...",
"Brine completely melts all the snow. TIL!",
"That's something I never understood when I moved here 8 years ago. I totally get the \"SHUT. DOWN. EVERYTHING\" mentality, but the \"Buy a month worth of food when its gonna be in the 50s this weekend\" is what blows my mind. I think everyone expects another 2000 ice storm or something. ",
">At the very least, if it's getting below 30-40 degrees most days, you should have all seasons.\n\nIf you live somewhere where it snows once every 5 years, it's not getting below 30-40 degrees most days. ",
"That was 4 years ago?? Damn I thought this was last year ",
"WINTER TIRES. that Is all. If you don’t have them, don’t go driving in snow. Too dangerous. A message from your friendly neighbour hood Canadian ",
"Those plows are generally driving around pre-treating with the plows up, dumping sand/salt/brine. At least that’s the case in my area New England. ",
"Right, so not all the roads are pre-treated. Another obvious difference between North and South is infrastructure/preparedness. Figured that was too obvious to mention. ",
"They do that down here in my area of NC as well. All of the roads were pre-treated by noon yesterday. ",
"We like to let them hang low, I guess. You hear and see it scraping. Once the snow clears, you see the damage.",
"New England salts/brines also. Sand is preferential, except when it comes to windshields. I find that a couple undercarriage powerwashes mid & after season help mitigate. \nEdit: bribe > brine. ",
"Michigan would like to have a word with you...",
"I'm a blast! Can't wait to go to my first party either!",
"It's all about $$$. Can't buy enough trucks for three snow days. ",
"Well, good luck with you. Maybe it won't be this bad since everyone knows in advance it's gonna be shit?",
"Okay well that one is true.",
"The person I replied to said \"maybe once a year (or sometimes multiple years without it)\", not once every five years. If it's snowing once every five years on average then yes, very true.\n\nI live in Virginia Beach. December to February we have weather anywhere from 10 degrees to 75 degrees. It might snow once or twice per year, and we do indeed occasionally get multiple years without it. On average I'd say it's in the mid 30s when I go to work in the morning and mid 40s when coming home, but can easily be in the teens. You should have all seasons or winter tires here in the winter time. The rubber is made to put up with the temperatures.",
"Not nearly as effectively. If they have proper warning they can get it done, but they simply don’t have the trucks, materials and man power to keep up with an unexpected *heavy* hotter, as pictured above. \n*heavy* being a relative term. Boston area got nailed with 15”+ a couple weeks ago and only slowed down for part of one day. ",
"This is essentially Houston the last 48 hours",
"I wonder if the states that have these problems could pay the jobless rednecks of tbe north that all have plows on their trucks. My town had to send all their plows and workers to a snowed in city yet all roads were plowed and salted.",
"That also goes without saying. Are we now just stating the obvious? I pointed out pre-treatment because a lot of people don’t see/notice it and/or take it for granted and think *northerns are just way better drivers in snow* which is true to some extent, but hardly the determining factor. ",
"I’m from Wyoming and everyone shoots down icy and snowy roads going 70. Just gotta know following distances, and when to pump the gas and brakes.",
"People's ignorance of the south is amazing sometimes. I live in a southern state. We get snow. Some storms have dumped over a foot of snow on us. We have fleets of salt-spraying trucks that deploy the day before and spray the brine solution on all of the major roadways. Then they come out the day it snows and they plow and we know what they are, we don't stand there with our mouths agape trying to figure out what they are. \n\nWe have chains for our tires, if it becomes necessary. We have skis and sleds and toboggans and everything else for snowy weather. \n\nThere are \"southern\" states that regularly get snow and ice. I would say from about the middle of SC on down is primarily the areas that do not get very much snow or ice. But Tennessee, NC and Virginia, yeah, we're used to it. ",
"I'm just making conversation. Not trying to argue with you. ",
"I've also heard it also has to do with southern roads. Southern roads are angled to shed rain. Roads up north are flat or cupped. Also, we seriously do no know how to drive in snow. ",
"Are we also gonna have two unrelated redditors unwittingly taking pics of each other in the traffic jam?",
"Nope, you got it all wrong. All our inbreeding and pre-delivery meth use make us go apeshit when we see white. We cannot be trusted. *rolls eyes*",
"Right, speed limit is pretty much 80mph.",
"Hahahahahaha",
"Jesus Christ, and I thought Edmonton, Alberta was bad.",
"Story time! My wife's side of the family is from CT and I'm from NC, so I get an interesting perspective in the difference between northern and southern winters.\n\nNorthern Winter: CT is forecast for 1.5\" inches of snow between 5pm and 11pm. No additional snow or precipitation expected for the next three days. A snow plow drives by my MIL's house *four* times between 6pm and 8pm.\n\nSouthern Winter: 3 - 5 inches of snow expected from 4am - 3pm. Plows basically don't run local roads until it's done snowing. Interstates and highways maybe get a lane partially cleared during the event.",
"It's like you didn't read their post...",
"Jesus. Looks like an episode of 'Walking Dead'",
"Yup. 85 is iffy, but 80 is fine 99% of the time.",
"Absofuckinglutely...\n\nI wish more jurisdictions would embrace the 85th percentile rule when it comes to setting speed limits...but that would cause a lot of places to miss out in that sweet sweet ticket revenue (not to mention the totally arbitrary justification to pull people over that they deem 'suspicious').",
"Public buses usually equip tire chains or suspend service in response to unsafe road conditions. Since I doubt they own tire chains due to how rarely it snows they really should have just suspended service.",
"Also i don't know what its like up north but a lot of the shit we get down here is straight up ice.",
"[And us Michigan people be driving like..] (http://wpmedia.driving.ca/2014/11/snowpocalypse-1.jpg?quality=99&strip=all&w=960&h=480&crop=1)",
">\nICE\n\n\nFTFY",
"Driving in a foot of snow is problem if it *keeps* snowing so there's always a layer of fresh powder for traction. \"Snow only\" becomes a problem when you're driving in others tracks and that \"snow\" has melted and reformed as ice.",
"This picture is how propaganda works. There was a car on fire up north in NY in the snow on the news. Cars overheat when stupid people drive them",
"That's adorable",
"It actually does make the vehicle braking handle differently though. With 4x4 engaged you are linking the front and rear axles together. Normally 70-80% of the braking power is up front but when both axles are linked having the front tires lockup during braking also causes the rear tires to lock. Not by the brakes but through the powertrain.",
"Meanwhile we had at least 5 feet of snow this winter and everything is fine on the street. And people drive with ice all over their windows except for a little hole they scratched.",
"Yup. North is way more likely to get days of pure snow and it's usually plowed before there's any chance of refrozen \"tracks\" on the roads. I remember the last big snow we got here, it was three days before the local roads were plowed and I live about 5 minutes from town.",
"As a transplant in the DMV area, they're all equally fucking trash, and are **EASILY** the worst drivers I've ever encountered in my life.\n\nMaryland drivers are a mix of feeling anything over 5mph is going to kill every living soul and thinking they're a formula 1 driver. 5mph on 295 in a light rain, but will do 80mph on 295 when there's 6\" of snow and ice on the road and plows haven't even touched it yet.\n\nNorthern Virginia and DC drivers just act like you don't exist and if you do, they expect you to be a mind reader and know they're about to change 3 lanes, slam on their breaks, then change 2 more lanes and put the peddle to the floor, followed by finally keeping their turn signal on for 5 milse after they're situated in the lane they want. That, and parking in the middle of a 1 lane street for 15+ minutes, and acting like you should be humbled simply by their presence.\n\nNah, all three are fucking trash drivers, and a large number don't deserve a license.",
"Floridian here. We have no salt, no plows, nothing to handle snow with.plenty of 4wd trucks, that isn't the problem. With our mild winters icy roads are not a concern, so snow tires are pretty much unheard of, we just run whatever tire year round. Then there's the fact that the few people who have driven in snow haven't done it in years or decades.",
"In most cases, it's not the lack of salting that's the problem. It's the fact that they brine the roads, then it rains before it snows or freezes... meaning all that lovely brine gets washed away before anything really hits. Then we have wet roads and super cold temps, which means the whole mess turns to a solid sheet of ice underneath the 1-2\" of snow we get. THAT'S why driving in Raleigh in this stuff is so stupid.",
"You forgot about the NoVa drivers who cut you off and make multiple lane changes and then put on their turn signal while they sit in a lane for miles on end. ",
"We're doing our best.",
"That's awesome. If something like that happens up north our experience tells us to just stay at work until the roads get cleared. I've gotten a few hours of overtime that way on several occasions.",
"Not disappointed. Thank you!",
"My question is, regardless of experience driving in the snow, why would anyone think to drive exactly the same way as they would on bare roads? Drive with a little more care, leave a little bit earlier, just use common sense. Am I out of touch for thinking this way?",
"We use sled dogs in Minne",
"It was 2000, in January. I was at UNCG at the time. It snowed 24\" overnight. We were out having a snowball fight and making snowmen at 2AM.",
"Winter tires are not mandatory in Poland but it is recommended to change to winter tires when temperature drops below 7 °C.\n",
"Prepared for it this time, it's also not the snow but the ice that fucks everything up. Happened last year as well.\n\nLots of hills + little prep + ice freezing under snow = traffic apocalypse ",
"Here in Montreal we recently got around 12\" or more of snow and it's just another day.",
"Yeah but how much ice was under that little bit of snow?",
"I definitely should have. When it first started snowing, no one thought it would be that bad. Reality sunk in after 2 hours and I'd barely made it a couple miles. ",
"Had a similar situation in Ohio last week. Day started out raining in the 50s until the afternoon when it switched to snow. Rain washed all the salt away and the roads were the worst I have ever seen them once the froze by 5p.",
"(I Can’t edit on mobile)\n\nIt snowed last night and holy shit this is the fluffiest powder I’ve ever seen in my life. I’m amazed at how small and dusty all the flakes are. Makes my comment look dumb now haha",
"If you’ve been to the beach and seen how anyone from Wake county handles a boat, you may not want to recommend that analogy. ",
"Me not being here doesn't make your driving any better btw",
"lol not even close, I've driven around the state and it's terrible everywhere. ",
"I40 scares me when it’s clear and 80 degrees ",
"How is a car on fire, lmao it looks like a war zone",
"Two parts timing, and they're both the most important part. If you don't have timing, you don't have a problem",
"Rip",
"Not all highways. I believe most states are 65 MPH, some areas in some states go down to 55, other states (like mine) are 70 MPH in most places, and others are as high as 80 MPH. In any scenario it's common to drive 5-10 over the limit.",
"Westbound 26 is closed this morning i.e Saluda, Hendersonville, Asheville etc...my neighbor stated he can handle it cause he's got 4 wheel drive....told him yeah ok, but you don't have 4 wheel stop. ",
"Only if you have a locked center differential, which very few vehicles have. ",
"I once owned a car that would get stuck on flat roads if it snowed more than a half an inch. Light, powerful rear-wheel drive car, even with salt blocks in the back. \n\nThen I got all-weather tires... and it was like an entirely different car. Most northerners I know usually just put on the all-weather tires and go. I wonder how many southern cars... on top of not being used to driving in it, not enough salt plows, etc... drive like crap due to their tires? \n\nSide note: Best car I have ever driven in the snow, by *far*... better than any 4 WD SUV I've been in, was a freaking Mazda Miata I owned years ago. I have no idea why, but snow was nothing to that thing. Only snowplows and really big trucks could keep up with me in big snowstorms. \n\n*shrugs*",
"A lot of people in the south don’t have experience driving in the snow which also makes using the roads more dicey (in addition to factors from other posts: brine/sand, no plows, amount of ice vs snow, surge of traffic due to work and schools being cancelled). Schools and stores close at the *potential* for snow so there’s not a lot of opportunity to gain experience in snow driving.\n\nSource: I moved from the snowy north to the warm south and am home on snow day ",
"I believe Duke was going to play UNC that night but didnt make the trip because of the snow. It's an 8 mile trip",
"Ok ok i get it, ( im from the DC area and we get our share of flack for dealing with winter weather) but how the fuck is one car ablaze!?!",
"I was just thinking to myself “fucking amateurs, I drive in Chicago after 4 inches in a Honda hybrid stick shift I have to drive myself” and realized I will without a doubt be saying that to my grandkids.",
"Was down in Eastern NC over the new year, they got \"freezing fog\". Went from fog to ice rink in what seemed like minutes. Took us 2 1/2 hours to get 19 miles (thanks to Google Maps helping us avoid the really bad accidents), we saw at least 25 crashes, some flips. It was bedlam. Went back to Michigan and did axis spins in the party store parking lot. ",
"I'm Canadian and I would have done the same.",
"I left snow behind when I migrated south and have never looked back. Warm weather and blue skies make me happy year round. ",
"Agreed. But lots of opportunity to learn how. ",
"We're getting 5 - 8 right now",
"At the time, I was told the car overheated and caught fire because the driver was flooring it continously to try to get past an large ice patch or out of a pile of snow.\n\nI dont know anyone that was actuallyso it's just conjecture.",
"Can we tell them to just take the day off?",
"That's generally the plan. It's just easier to stay home for most people as the schools are closed even for a snow forecast.\n\nThe kids end up going to school longer as a result.",
"You may know more than me then. At the time, I was told the driver tried flooring it to get unstuck/up a sheet of ice for a very long time. But that was just conjecture.",
"I naturally knew it from dealing with it as a teenager and from parents. The other drivers (not all from NC we have a lot of people from Florida that move here) are thinking....just don't drive too fast. You need momentum to get up the hill.",
"They were not in the correct container, I did not have a prescription for them (my mom's old car and she probably left them in there), and I didn't include every detail to keep some privacy.\n\nThe charges will be cleared from my record, it just takes time is all. Never had any other arrests in my life.\n\nAnd I thought the same thing. But apparently it's still a felony to have pills in the wrong container. And a misdemeanor to possess narcotics. In CT that is.\n\nAlso the cops were dicks, fucking treated me like I was a drug dealer even though I had a clean record, not even a speeding ticket. Just bored suburban rich town cops trying to make life exciting for them.",
"Exactly. Its far more dangerous in the 27-34 degree range than colder. Ice is less slippery the colder it gets.\n\nIt does drop below 27 degrees here, but I've never seen it snow below 20 degrees here.",
"Currently 46 degrees here in NC. ",
"You nailed it! Especially weighting down pick up trucks. In Chicago I kept 2 manhole lids over the rear axel. Unfortunately we did this after I had a horrible fishtail and spin. I was alone and fine, didn’t hit another car, I hit a reflector which sent me spinning the opposite way and left a dent in the side of the truck. Lesson learned. ",
"Go around",
"That is not power drifting, that is just taking your foot off the gas to regain traction from drifting like a sane person would, not like the people who end up in the ditch with 4W drive trucks because they think they can power out of anything. \n\nIts not that its impossible to control a power drift (that is, drifting with the throttle down to actually accelerate or at least lose less speed), its that you need a lot of practice to control it or you just wipe out. its a LOT harder then RWD or FWD power drifting and is much more prone to wiping out if you don't react just right very quickly. \n\nYes, Professionals can 4W drive power drift in a rally race all day. The people you find in the ditch are clearly not professionals :P",
"Wasn't that far back. Hanging out with the wrong person does that. Also doesn't help when you think you love someone that's just using you. Drugs fucking suck dude, destroy lives.",
"And that is when you have to go extra extra slow so that in an emergency you don't have to stop faster then dumbo behind you can.\n\nI wish people would stop tailgating and people in front of them might just drive faster as they feel its safe to do so. Or you might just enjoy the drive a little more if it was not all about getting where you are going 10 seconds faster. ",
"Damn. Still funny as shit though. ",
"Yeah... My experience with NC weather told me to call out from work that day. Glad I did. I walked across the street to the grocery store picking through cars in literal gridlock to get frozen pizza and booze. ",
"Cleveland's street design and highway design are just not meant for driving. Remnants from a city that existed before cars. I hated driving around that city after living there so long.",
"Yea and when I brake check your ass, see how fun it is for you. Don’t be a jackass. If the roads are icy or have snow slow the fuck down. ",
"And I've driven all over the NE and had the same experience. Biases are like that, you know.",
"Took me 11 hours to go what would normally have been 45 minutes that day. ",
"Hijacking for advice;\n\nAnyone in that area who is worried, stop by the store and buy some sand and 2 short pieces of either plywood or 2x4's (like a foot or 2 long). They will be good tools to put under and around your tires for traction if you get stuck in snow or on ice.",
"My man!\n\nFor that strategy you can be an honorary Ohioan. Now we just need to retrain your sports affiliations.",
"But only Americans call it Canadian bacon. I think it's called back-bacon, or peameal bacon here. It's honestly not that popular either. Bob and Doug might have started that myth.\n\nNanaimo bars and maple syrup on the other hand...",
"Message from Utah:\n\nLucky Bastards. If you find a way, send it to us. We can handle it. \n\nI want it. ",
"Really depends when where you work/live. Both are outside the city and my 20 mile commute usually takes 25 minutes. Yes - if you live in the heights area and work on the west side (for example) that 12 mile commute will take 45mins to an hour and more if there's snow.",
"And if I die in Raleigh at least I will die free....aking cold",
"Except mine is actually documented and not hyperbole ",
"Ehh isn't Chicago pretty much flatland though? It looks like this had an incline making it that much harder to drive. ",
">but no one really has AWD cars in Ohio. \n\nLol what!? I guess all those subarus and SUVs that I see all day every day must just be miatas with really high quality body kits? You're a crazy person.",
"Meh I don't think anyone is actually hating on NC. We all know that new conditions that drivers are not used to causes things like this. \nAnd that is what is sort of funny about this picture. \nIt looks like a scene out of a bad apocalypse movie or something. Cars burning no one really knowing what to do. \n \nI mean I live in the mountains in NJ. I absolutely understand how this could happen. It was going up hill..all it takes is one asshole or inexperienced person to start such a chain of events. ",
"Why did you go on 40 to get from Duke to Chapel Hill?",
"The real feel here in Chicago is 5 degrees and there is snow all over. It's even colder once you get to the lake.",
"Thick southern accent: Hello? 911...someone spilled cocaine all over the damn road and it's super melty",
"All this because of 2.5 inches of snow? Wow....it is just stunning how bad those drivers are.",
"There's a major highway in Wisconsin that hits 55mph through downtown Milwaukee and then goes to 70mph once you get 10 miles or so north of the city. Commuting into the city is ridiculous since everyone either drops too much speed or risks a nasty ticket.",
"I lived at Shadowood at the time. Buddy was my neighbor. His wife made it to the gas station at the corner of Franklin and Estes.\n\nWe got to the top of the hill in my 97 Acura Integra (which stayed in second the whole excursion) and after almost being hit by an F150 backing up, saw the carnage and said “oh, hell no.” Elliot to Franklin and back. Got behind a cop and blew through every stop sign on Elliot.\n\nNow I live outside of Chapel Hill on Millhouse. One of the last roads they plow despite a private school and the temporary dump being on it. Not leaving the house today.",
"I’m glad someone is understanding of the mayors needs. ",
"Stop you're making yourself look stupid. Just as how reddit classifying everyone in the south as \"dumb rednecks\" is idiotic, what you're doing is just as idiotic.",
"Im guessing its a combination of people stocking up, plus the shipments to replenish the store are cancelled or delayed due to the road conditions.",
"I thought that's when folks have to attach snow chains to their wheels. Here you get a ticket for not having winter tires during winter.",
"55 is still the limit on my stretch of highway really should be 65 that's what it is once you go over our Bridges and everyone goes 70 anyway. ",
"Oh no it is. And it’s a very different scenario. Just being a bit of a smartass. Circumstances are significantly different.",
"No there are large stretches of I16 with 70mph speed limits but if you go below 85 you'll be tailgated constantly",
"You have to remember that there are people from 50 states and the rest of the world living in that area. Just because they have to have the license plate, doesn't mean that's where they are from, or where they learned to drive. ",
"FWIW, I drove that section of road about 2 hours before that pic was taken. We had a freezing rain storm that put down a half inch of glaze ice over the road and then a lighter dusting of snow. Those talking about their prowess driving in snow need to consider that winter driving in this area more often means driving on black ice, regardless that there may be some snow involved. Locals recognize that problem and mostly stay home until the ice resolves. Few locals have these difficulties if only snow is involved. What we're getting right now is pure snow.Let's see if these kinds of pictures materialize again.",
"Good some peer-reviewed studies in-hand, huh? \n\nI'll never understand why people are desperate to move out of the NE and then trash the place they're desperate to get to.",
"Thank you! I was hoping to see more Photoshopped images of the original pic. They were hilarious.",
"Lived in Columbus for 2 years and was extremely impressed by the plowing honestly. Even in blizzard conditions in the outer parts of the suburbs where the farms start up I there were only brief periods where the snow accumulated enough to cause trouble.",
"Idk I would at least try to learn if I were you, just in case there were ever an emergency where you did have to leave your house. \nEssentially don't floor it your tires will spin. don't slam your breaks, your car will spin out. Keep your distance. Go slow. \nHyper-alertness is required as well as the chances of other people hitting into you increases dramatically.",
"the entire population of wisconsin collectively laughed and/or groaned at these pics. to be fair though, those states down south have little to no established plan for clearing and salting roads so they definitely get fucked there.\n\nhere in milwaukee it just got done snowing 2 evenings in a row, we must've gotten maybe 4\" of snow or so. nothing major. point is when i left yesterday morning at ~6am the roads were basically spotless by that time on both mornings; this is including side roads in the neighborhood as well. also it's a city ordinance where on certain snow days everyone has to park on one side of the road, and on the other days they have to park on the opposite side. this is to ensure proper, safe clearing of snow for everyone. you look like a complete jackass if you refuse to do so and park on the wrong side, and sometimes it seems like city workers will purposely bury the car in snow as a middle finger to whoever pulls such a dick move.\n\ngotta take snowy conditions on the road seriously, otherwise cars burst into flames, apparently.",
"Are you the entire population of Wisconsin? ",
"Blend some fruit with sugar and water, boil. Homemade syrup!",
"Well if the snow hasn't been properly handled on the road, it will cause all cars to have trouble. Regardless, Raleigh was not prepared",
"I live in Charlotte, NC, and this was all over NC on Interstate 40. A fire fighter friend of mine says most of the accidents in the south are very often northerners whom “know how to drive in snow because they’re from X”. They don’t realize the preparation northern states put forth as compared to little or none down south because we don’t get these storms very often.",
"Not to mention the roads are made differently down south then they are up north.",
"How could I not remember when northern turds post it every chance they get.",
"Most are. There’s not much traffic out today.",
"From NC here. TX originally. ",
"\\> implies people from the north aren't also shit at driving. ",
"Haha there no law like that because no one owns chains",
"> I also witnessed a car with CT tags go flying into the median after **driving way too fast for conditions**. This wasn't about lack of driving skill. \n\nthat literally is the definition of lack of driving skill, lol.",
"[Raleigh snow 2017](http://imgur.com/IsRnWfJ) \n\nThis is the same location this morning. Snow is still coming down but the roads are fine :)",
"it's typically 65 now (at least in wisconsin) but they've been changing it to 70 in spots.\n\nnobody drives 65 anyways. everyone averages ~75, or slightly over 80 if they're in the fast lane. you're probably not getting pulled over by the average cop unless you're going solidly over 80.",
"Pull over if you're gonna go 20mph, don't be a jackass.",
"Can't always do that.",
"Or ever",
"and get off people's asses.\n\nfrom my experience, people who don't know how to drive in snow just assume it's *probably* similar to driving in rain or something.",
"When did I ever say anything about going 20mph? You can go slow and not impede traffic. Keep speeding bud, when you end up crashing into someone, in a ditch, or getting t-boned you won’t get any sympathy. ",
"Brake early, brake often, brake gently, know your car.\n\nPrepare for slides, assume your brakes won't work right because they're caked in snow and salt, slamming on your brakes guarantees a bad position, don't trust yourself if you haven't driven that exact car in those conditions.",
"cleveland rocks!",
"My original comment was specifically about impeding traffic. \n\nIt's not about the jackass in a truck trying to go 80.",
"I was in Raleigh. Yeah, it took me 30 minutes to get from a restaurant to my apartment less than a quarter mile down the road. ",
"I'm still mayor of SimCity for a reason. ",
"As a North Carolinian who was in Raleigh for that storm, can confirm. People here suck at driving in the snow. ",
"Supposed to snow again tonight. Kids in my town are getting out of school 3 hours early and my car says that it’s currently....57 degrees. ",
"not in WI",
"Problem here was that they salted the roads, but then it rained and washed all the salt away. Then the rain froze, and then it started showing. So even when the snow melted during the day, it would get below freezing at night and refeeze. ",
"North or South, there are bad drivers everywhere.\n\nEven in perfectly normal conditions driving is life or death.",
"> It’s ice, and there is no such thing as getting used to that. \n \nNo that is just not true in the slightest. It *absolutely* has everything to do with experienced and inexperienced. \nAgain I live in the Appalachian mountains in NJ. I also lived in the Lexington VA for a year when that 2001 storm hit. \n \nIt absolutely is a matter of knowing your car, the road and its conditions, i.e. how fast you have to travel to make the hill, how if you *really* have to hit your breaks, keeping your wheel straight, etc etc.",
"I don't see one lifted truck douche mobile though. They should be towing people out for side cash. Southerners need to capitalize on this snow!",
"From PA here. I wish OH drivers would learn how this works.",
"So many butthurt southerners in here lmao 😂",
"Yeah, Georgia is fucking retarded about it. More than 5-6 miles over and they'll pull you over and write you a ticket. Virginia's pretty shitty about it as well.",
"It's a factor, but less so than you may think.\n\nIt's more common for cities in the North to brine roads before snow/ice storms. It's much more effective to do this ahead of time.\n\nThis just doesn't happen as well in cities that don't normally deal with ice and snow. They may salt and plow roads after the snow/ice hits but usually not before.\n\nKnowing how to drive in ice is important but no matter how skilled you are, you can't fully stop your vehicle from sliding downhill or make your wheels get full traction on pure ice.",
"A crossover or SUV doesn’t equal AWD. ",
"You're the only person who gets this. Everyone else just wants to feel superior and shit on others' driving ability.\n\nIf you live in a northern city, chances are they brine the roads before ice and snow hits. It makes a tremendous difference.\n\nI grew up in the north and now live in the south. I'd rather drive in the north with substantial ice and snow any day compared to even a small/moderate snow storm in the south. ",
"I like how the lady's calmly chatting on her phone while a car burns in the background.",
"It's true that southerners aren't as experienced driving on ice, but the biggest factor is the lack of brining of the roads before ice forms and salting/plowing afterward. \n\nPeople overplay the impact of knowing how to drive on ice. It's fairly straightforward: just don't stop/brake suddenly. Keep momentum.",
"Pretty sure that's Portland, OR. Although not quite enough abandoned cars to be Portland. ",
"Agreed, road treatments are much better in climates that have snowy often. And it seems simple but I see as many cars off the road when it snows than I do the rest of the year combined. ",
"Speaking as a Minnesotan... Damn.",
"I've found, over the years, that driving in ice and snow is much akin to driving on a wet clay road way out in the boonies.",
"Yeah thay true, thank for the tips. ",
"Why is it so hard to just slow down a bit? Why is it so hard to stay in you lane without paint? Just keep driving straight???",
"The center lane is the travel lane. The right lane is for traffic that is merging in and exiting.",
"A large number of them are so equipped.",
"This was my guess when I read it. You'd still have been okay if you had prescriptions and the pills were yours though. Generally, if the pill owner steps up and claims them, the charge goes away. That rarely happens at the scene so the cops will probably still write up the ticket. Hopefully they went away eventually when the charges got to the DA.",
"I remember it a little different\n\nhttps://www.reddit.com/user/aaron6h/comments/7r2nyn/when_it_snows_in_raleigh_nc/?utm_source=reddit-android",
"> Just go slow...take your time...use your brain?\n\nIf its a hilly area, this is how you get stuck at the bottom of hills with all the cars bumping into each other and unable to get out as ever more cars come down into you.",
"Some of us have them. The problem is that you need them for 4 days out of 365. So you get a lot of dry pavement and warm weather wear. I keep my Haka 9s on my car for ~8 weeks (Dec 1 to end of Jan). ",
"Yeah, same here. According to my phone it isn't supposed to start til 4. I'm looking forward to it though. Hopefully it's another day off.",
"Yes it will save you if you have proper tires..... \n\nHad a 1998 explorer AWD 5.0 with factory rear LSD and Michelin M/S tires and it was a monster in the snow. \n\nDrove right around an uphill wreck that was blocking the road. I drive into a ditch and then came right out. \n\nWith proper tires and AWD with LSD , it WILL save you. ",
"No I'm being forced to take a drug class (and pay for it). Well, as in is the easiest way to get the charges dropped completely. ",
"Really? I come from a hilly area and haven't seen this issue yet.\n\nThe real problem: stupid people + physics ",
"Already snowing by me.",
"I guess it depends on the size of hills and the responsiveness of your regions snow and ice teams (and whether your tires have chains, I suppose). Where I am, there are definitely entire sections of the city that become strict \"no go\" areas until 2-3 hours after the snow stops falling because there's just no circumstance where any amount of caution will help you on a slope that steep with less than optimal traction.",
"Nice man. What area?",
"Atlanta here. I have an AWD vehicle and experience safe driving in the snow from half a lifetime in Michigan, refreshed very recently from my visit over the New Year, and I'm still not going out there today. Times like this, it's either you or someone else causing the accident, and together that makes up 100% chance.\n\nYes I know that math is goofy but still not risking it.",
"As someone who lives in Massachusetts, snow is the norm and we treat it as such. It’s always unique and interesting to see how people in States that don’t often get snow react to it. I was shocked when I first saw this thinking “y’all losing your minds over a few inches of snow?” ",
"We made it back just as it’s getting bad. I suspect a lot of accidents in the next 4 hours until the snow stops and the road crews can clean it up. Roads are getting bad the salt has already done what it can. Saw 1 accident people are sliding around. Not good. \n",
"You can call bullshit all you want, I'm telling you what I've saw.",
"When Liberals try to make everyone believe 2015 will be the end of snow because of global warming\n",
"> Actually I just looked it up and it was 2002, and VA was hardly impacted by the storm at all. \n \nThen we must be thinking of different storms. There was a storm in 2001 where we had 2 inches of ice and then about 2 ft of snow fell.\n \n>You know all there is to know about NC drivers, their cars (which are mostly 2WD), and how to drive in our state. \n \nWhen did I *ever* suggest such a thing? Stop putting words in my mouth. \nWhat I am saying is there is absolutely an experience element to driving on ice. You are trying to say that there isn't. \nThe fact is people drive better in conditions that they are experienced in driving in. Are you *really* trying to deny that? \n \nAre you *really* trying to make the case that ice road truckers are just normal drivers? That they don't have any sort of expertise on say driving on the ice? \n\n \n>You’re the northerner we all hate, southerners and westerners alike. \n \nThat is the same mentality that bigots that aren't from the south use when they classify southerns as hicks and rednecks and sister-fuckers, etc. \n \nYour bigotry is showing full fledged. You are basing your opinion on what a total of 5 sentences on saying that experience is a major driving factor on something? ",
"Durham and parts north have 7 inches plus now well more snow to come. \n\nShould be fun to see the pictures from tomorrow. ",
"so the snowstorm that this meme is from is 4 years old..you have lived in Raleigh 8 years..you have never seen any evidence we have snow plows? like never seen them put out salt? never seen the snow piled up on the side of the road? do you never leave the house? ",
"The biggest reason is improper traction on the tires. These people likely all had summer/rain tires. It is not the same thing as ice, and cold",
"We don't have enough snow equipment (or we didn't at the time) to clear roads quickly enough. If everyone stayed at work you would have parents stuck in office until it's dark, roads are frozen, and children are released from school without guardians.\n\nSince snowpocolypse, I believe the DOT beefed up their game. ",
"when you can't tell where the road edge is and its curved? Good luck. I think the main problem here is that nobody in the south knows how to plan for snow, and they don't really have a reason to have snow tires.",
"Willow Springs. About an inch already on my steps.",
"*6\"-8\"",
"C'est la vie ....",
"giggity",
"Stay inside Raleigh!!!!!!",
"> Welcome to Connecticut! Nobody cares about the speed limit here, including cops. \n\nSeriously? I loathe driving through Connecticut whenever I make trips up to MA to visit family because CT-15 is like 50mph the whole way and the cops notoriously camp it",
"I remember that. Snowmageddon. My brother left his university too late and had to push cars out of the way. I just stayed home sipping hot chocolate because my high school had cancelled class. Wouldn't have gone anyways, people don't adjust their driving for hazardous conditions here. ",
"Ugh. My normal 15 minute drive home took 3 hours that day. I'm originally from PA and have 4 wheel drive but you just can't get anywhere when everyone else on the road is trying to compete for Most Rediculous. Totally blown away by the amount of people stopping on hills. I stayed home today. It's beautiful outside in Raleigh! Actual fluffy snow, not the usual slush. ",
"And you are no longer preferring TimHo coffee.... what has happened to Canada, eh?",
"I've driven many roads that were not plowed and untreated that were about 4-6\" deep with snow in nothing but a FWD sedan. Drive slow means do 10-20mph tops on main roads that normally are about 40-45mph and take your corners less than 5 mph. Seems like people don't understand that. ",
"> If something like that happens up north our experience tells us to just stay at work until the roads get cleared.\n\nI think you are greatly overestimating the number of snowplows in the southern states. It's a huge \"if\" that a road will ever be cleared. One of my most memorable experiences of driving in snow in the south was driving down a major highway that hadn't been plowed. Most people doesn't even venture out on the roads if they know a storm is coming so I was the first one out on the unplowed road which mean't I had no tire tracks to go by. This particular highway had no barrier for the median and had large grass areas between and on the sides of the roads. I had to completely guess where the highway was and hope that I was right because it just looked like I was driving through a giant snow-covered field. It was such a surreal experience. The road winds around so I just had to hope I guessed correctly where the road actually was. I'm sure traffic was screwed up if anyone tried to follow my tracks because there was no way I stayed in one lane that entire time. The snow was deep enough that it was completely guesswork.\n\nEdit: [Here](https://imgur.com/a/DX7TZ) is the road. They have added that small barrier in recent years since this happened but you can see what I'm talking about how it just looked like a giant snow-covered field.",
"During rush hour traffic is horrible and people overreact to everything, rubber neck at accidents, and drive 20 under the limit. Any other time it's 20 over. ",
"I worked for years in Lexington, KY, and was there for the two huge ice storms in 2003 and 2006 iirc, laughed my ass off delivering pizzas all night in my SAAB, while watching multiple people in SUVs spin out (I would check on them to see if they were ok), only to find out that the silly fuckers activated the 4WD WHILE DRIVING! Of course that is gonna put you in the ditch\n, what were you expecting? Pumpkin juice?\n\nAlso, just for all you northerners that think an ice storm in KY is a joke, we don't get ice storms like up north, where the ice comes down in chunks and mixes with some snow to become a holy mess. We are ON the snow line, so it rains. The rain freezes as soon as it touches anything, and you end up with an inch or 3 of perfect clear ice that is FUCKING GORGEOUS that you cannot even walk on",
"I wonder how many of those people got stuck because they forgot to select 4wd",
"Sand works perfectly fine to improve the roads and is used a lot in Sweden. Salt is only effective within a small window and works best if used proactively. Sand works well even if there is already a thick layer of ice and snow. ",
"I never did :)\n\nFrom what I understand though, TH is declining in quality and business practices since being bought out by an international conglomerate.",
"The fire is what really makes this picture so great. :P",
"The more this is shared, the more pressure there is on mandatory snow/work from home days making everyone safer here in Raleigh. Thanks internet!",
"Tennessean here, we've had moments like this too. Instead of making comments on how we drive, I'd like to invite everyone to really appreciate the composition of this image. \n\nThe trail of disabled vehicles book-ended by flames in the background and a lady making a call in the foreground gave me the chuckles.",
"Nah. The North also gets a lot of freezing rain and sleet. It's just that they have better infrastructure in place to deal with it.",
"Have you ever been to WNY or the Tug Hill region? They know their snow.",
"TH coffee is shit, and has pretty much always been shit (though apparently it's been getting *even worse* in recent years). I don't understand how it got so popular in the first place.",
"Agreed. This morning's commute gave me plenty of time to reflect on how I skated out of my neighborhood to do office work that could be done from any computer with an internet connection.",
"No. In more rural areas it's 70mph. Connecticut is a relatively urban state like most of the northeast megalopolis.",
"Yeap, shovelled my neighbour out this winter with my brother. He came out and gave us 2 growlers of the beer he makes! ",
"> When Liberals try to make everyone believe 2015 will be the end of snow because of ~~global warming~~ climate change\n\nFTFY no one is saying its the end of snow.\n\n",
"Lots of Europe has a 120KPH speed limit on highways which is 75MPH.",
"MA has a lot of 65 that goes down to 55 in urban areas. Example: 91 and 291.",
"TIL",
"I mean I live in Raleigh and I've never seen an actual snowplow. I've seen pickups with pushing blades on them and I've seen Bobcats and Caterpillar machines pushing snow, but never an actual snowplow.",
"The US has 75MPH areas too just in really rural areas. Like the plains states, Texas, Montana, Idaho, Nevada, etc. States where there's nothing really to fly off the highway and drive into.",
"Same week in Alabama had similar results. We don't really have salt for the roads here, and no one was prepared for or had experience driving on snow/ice. I was trapped at work for two days, so now everything closes when there's a chance for this.",
"Bro I live in Colorado and regularly drive on snow buried mountain roads. Those conditions in the south are nothing to scoff at when referring to snowstorms like the one this post is about. I know how to drive in snow but used to live in the south. The whole area was foothills. When ice storms hit you are shit out of luck even if you are the best snow driver in the world. You simply can't wish traction into existence. Many of the roads are low speed and windy enough that it is impossible to get up to speed to make it up the hill. I would much rather drive in 8 inches of snow in the Rocky Mountains rather than drive in an inch of the icy bullshit that I used to get in the south. Experience can't trump physics which is often the issue where I grew up. ",
"Glenwood is ass on a normal day. I’m in Holly Springs and they’re trying to clear the roads but it’s just not happening lol",
"And? Everything you're saying has nothing to do with my response. OP poster said they don't have snow tires or else they would be fine. I said snow tires wouldn't do jack shit. Bye.",
"Do you guys know about winter tires",
"It was the same storm that caused this scene in NC, I believe.\n\nAtlanta also had kind of a 'perfect storm' combination. Ice & Snow that fell quickly and suddenly; inexperienced drivers; unsalted roads; no snow tires; Government, Schools, Businesses all releasing at the same time in a predominantly car-commuter city.",
"Ofcourse, I understand that if you need them only less than one week, i wouldn't buy those either. I was just asking generally if in US people have those.",
"Seen evidence of and actually seen are two different things. I've seen tons of salt on the road and of course I have seen snow piled up on the side of the road. But an actual snow plow pushing snow? Only once. I don't doubt the city of Raleigh has them.",
" They're becoming more well known, but still relatively unknown in the U.S. ",
"I'm sorry, this picture is hilarious due to how batshit it seems.",
"4WD/AWD will get you moving... Good luck with that stopping though.",
"[Minnesota is ridiculously flat compared to the North Carolina region](http://www.disruptivegeo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/FlatMap_GeographicalReview_DobsonCampbell_2013Nov.pdf) so of course you don't need snow tires. Experience doesn't really help when it is physically impossible to get traction on an ice-covered road in the foothills of the Appalachians. You hardly ever have a chance to get up to speed to make it up the hills even if you know how to drive in snow. Snow tires are perfectly designed for those type of situations but ice storms are so rare in the south it doesn't make sense to have them. Snow driving is so much easier in actually snowy places like Minnesota. There is no denying the lack of experience in the south certainly makes things worse but the most common problem I ever experienced was the lack of ability to get traction in the first place which IS solved by vehicle and tire choice. Even the knowledge of proper gearing and momentum wasn't enough in many of my experiences with southern \"snow\" driving. \n Source: SC to CO transplant. I would much rather drive on a snowy road in the rocky mountains than a skating rink in the Appalachians. It's apples to oranges. ",
"I have once driven with summer tires when there was snow on the ground, and I had to go to work and the first turn on my way was uphill and my car was rear wheel driven, so I had to go 7km wrong way before I could get back to the road headed to my workplace.",
"NC resident here. I'm mostly pissed because this is the 3rd time it has snowed this winter! This better be the last time.",
"Man, I wish all cops would do more of that. It would cut down on the constant tailgater idiots who have a deathwish. They could pass me and end up in a ditch somewhere far away from me.",
"There are plenty of shit drivers up north, just more down south. ",
"Yeah and I'll never understand why people down south are terrible at even the smallest aspects of driving. \n \nI moved down here for work, I wasn't \"desperate to move out\" and certainly wasn't \"desperate to get to\" the south lol, get over yourself. ",
"No one drives 55 though.",
"Holy hell, this is what I had to go through for MARIJUANA possession in LOUISIANA, aka the land of corrupt cops and churches. Cost me much less than $2500 too. Similar situation, It wasn't my weed, it was my friend's in my backpack. I don't even smoke because it makes me anxious, so passing the six monthly drug tests was a breeze, and my charges were gone. If I were black, and not in the relative liberal New Orleans oasis, I would probably still be in jail six years later.... But six–by all medically and legally accepted accounts, basically harmless–pills? This country is absolute bonkers, and we are in dire need of drug reform. Almost every drug law defies logic, the scheduling system makes absolutely zero sense, and we aren't able to address it because the same stupidity is threatening to disseminate further into other laws. I just can't believe the lack of humanity on your arresting officers' parts. They knew for a fact that you had no intention of drug abuse (unless you wanted to experience the wonderful nausea of Serotonin Syndrome), there were no kids in the car, and the drugs don't even have black market value. And they still decided to cost you basically a month of income in a high COL state, and a traumatic experience though drug court. FUCK those pieces of shit.\n\nEdit: Funnily enough, I live in NY now, and my GF commutes to long Island everyday. She's prescribed Adderall, but she just throws them in her purse a few a a time. I'm always warning her that she's going to get fucked over one day by not keeping the script on her. The cops here can be ruthless, they can identify Adderall in a heartbeat, and she seems to get pulled over like once a week. ",
"A couple of Canadian dads got together and made their own dad-themed amusement park. You can sit in various recliners, participate in the lawn mowing experience, compete in dad-noise contests, check the pH level of an above-ground pool, and more. It really is the full dad experience without the responsibility of fatherhood.",
"Isn't that on capital Blvd? Not Wade?",
"Just by the one exit on 291 where the state police barracks is. They're either under the one over pass or somewhere where they can pull you over right before the 91 interchange.",
"This is even less helpful",
"I'm sad now.",
"Everything I said had to do with what OP and you said.\n\nOP:\n\n> That snow fell extremely fast in a city made of hills\n\nYou: \n\n> You just learn how to drive.\n\n> snow tires wouldn't do jack shit.\n\nI'm saying snow tires actually do help a lot when dealing with icy hills like in OP's situation and that in many cases \"just learning how to drive\" doesn't even help you out much. I'm not sure why you would think snow tires wouldn't help in a low traction situation going up a hill. That is pretty much what they are designed for. You hardly ever need snow tires in flat areas even if you get a lot of snow. My response listed why the statements I quoted from you were wrong if you are still confused.",
"> You’re hilarious. Actually I am a bleeding heart liberal, known progressive, and registered Dem.\n\nAnd that somehow absolves you from bigotry? I don't really care what your political views are.. \n**Edit:** (Keep reading.. This may give off a tone that I was trying to avoid. ) \n \n \n>My last comment was to state that you have “know it all attitude” that many people down here take issue with (actually most do regardless of region). \n \n\nAnd you somehow were able to read my mind this from a matter of 10 - 20 sentences.. You are attempting to generalize people based upon where they live. That **is** bigotry. \n \nIt is fine though, it is *very very* easy to mistake tone when reading things. I am guilty of it myself. \n \n>I am not southern, so I cannot and will not comment on the stereotypes you so lovingly listed. \n \nSo lovingly? I literally called people bigots for classifying people in the south those terms. You are either intentionally misrepresenting what I said or you have a *very* serious reading comprehension problem or you misread what I said. \n \nI will give you the benefit of the doubt and say you misread it as emotions were high. \n \n \n>My original post was to describe how NC is not prepared for ice or snow - we do not get enough to justify the equipment needed to live like I did back in WY or how you probably live in NJ. That’s all \n \nAnd I was agreeing with you and adding that the fact that people are also inexperienced which is a contributing factor to accidents. (BTW, most people do only have 2WD up here as well.) \n \nWe brine and sand our streets (except for the unpaved dirt roads those are hell) when there is a storm imminent. There have definitely been \"surprise\" storms that no one predicted which leads to more accidents as no prep work was made. \n \n>Plus, humidity is such an issue from about VA downwards, which is why these states tend to get more ice than others. \n \nDo they actually get more ice than others though? Fog Ice, yes definitely. But I am not sure about ice storms? \nNot disagreeing with you genuinely curious, it was actually something I have been wondering about for a while. Every now and again I try to find data about such things only to come out empty handed.\n\n>Driving on ice is difficult for any driver, and denying that is ludicrous. \n \nI never denied that. Of course it is. My point was even if it is difficult, an experienced driver on the ice has a better chance at not crashing than one who has never or only has once or twice. \n \n>Thankfully I get the day off today, and it is so beautiful outside \n \nLucky you.. We got around 3.5 inches roads were kinda shitty. Would rather be hanging out with the wife and kids but had to go to work. Such is life. \nEnjoy it...really. \n \n>And - No cars on fire this time which is a win for Raleigh and NC as a whole. \n \nAlways a very good thing. No one *actually* likes seeing people suffer. \n \n",
"I have a feeling they wanted to pin the charges on my friend, but it was my car and such and I took the fall. She had a drug history and arrest record and was on probation. \n\nBut yeah, who the fuck hides anti depressants? Idk. But defending myself in court would've cost more money and probably would've lost anyways, as technically I broke the law.\n\nIt fucked my chances at a decent job too at the time, as I'd just left another well paying job that was just taking too much out of me, and assumed I'd be able to work elsewhere for less but less stress. Nope, drug charges showed on my background check and I was treated like I was a convicted felon with a history. Had to take a minimum wage job. And now I'm broke, in debt and not sure what the future holds. Luckily I'm 25, so it's not the end of the world and I have good connections, just have to wait for a better opportunity again and scrape by in the meantime.\n\n\nAlso in your gfs case it might be annoying but I believe if you can prove the drugs are prescribed to you they'll just dismiss the charges and warn you to keep them in the original bottle.",
"Can't wait, it'll be fun to read about",
"I believe you.",
"Anti-depressants are not narcotics through. You can only obtain them through RX, but they are unscheduled, meaning they are considered harmless enough to not be controlled substances (similar to antibiotics or blood pressure meds). It's no different than possessing Tylenol. This is the federal stance, I'm not sure about CT. ",
"wat",
"This is absolutely true. \nI live in NC but I'm from the north. \nNO turn signals. Waiting 5 minutes to start moving when the light changes. Cruising in the passing lane at or below the speed limit. \nAfter a few years living here, I thought maybe it was my bias that southerners drove differently. \nThen I visited the north for a week and MY GOD WHAT A RELIEF. Traffic - moving at a decent rate of speed - competently. \nAfter I got home I looked up accident statistics - \nhttp://www.iihs.org/iihs/topics/t/general-statistics/fatalityfacts/state-by-state-overview \nStatistically, the south seems to experience a greater number of accidents and fatalities than even very populous northern states.",
"FEBRUARY to JANUARY is not a year.",
"As options. It’s not standard equipment. ",
"Yeah, gonna miss Leahy.",
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"None of this is false",
"3 lane highways usually are right for slow vehicles or exit/entry, center for cruising, and left for passing. There are even signs to tell people that most of the time.",
"https://i.imgur.com/234iRni.gif",
"It wasnt the snow. It was the layer of ice below the snow. THey dont have the infrastrucutre to handle it. Lets see you come down here and drive better on it.",
"I'm so sorry about, I'm your age, and while my record is expunged, I have never been able to recover from the disillusionment and PTSD of being subjected to the dystopian Criminal Court System, spending a night in Central lockup in one of America's most dangerous cities, witnessing first hand the immense power imbalance we face as citizens. I was 20 and had straight A's in college up to that point. I was so focused on my career and self-acualizing my own mind. I was truly on a path to success. I finished school, but developed depression and indifference towards the fucked up society we live in. All of my young, blissful ignorance burnt out in a single day. I am still lost, have no idea what I want to do with my life. I feel you. ",
"really? Even at like 8am on a Sunday or 10pm on a Friday both lanes of traffic seem to love going the exact same speed, anywhere from -5 to +1 mph of the speed limit. Easily the most hated leg of the trip coming from Philly",
"Yes I remember this day. Also lets not forget that in some rain, there was a 100+ vehicle pile up on I-40 near Greensboro, NC. \n\nSeriously people here can't drive in any kind of weather. Not even a sunny day and it's so frustrating ",
"The closer you get to Hartford or New Haven people usually tend to go slower. Less congested freeways (I395, Route 2, Route 9, etc.) people go crazy fast.",
"Ah yes, I always forget you get down-voted for being honest.",
"Aw man sorry to hear that. Nobody deserves that. Hope you’ve found people who treat you better. ",
"Was it overnight? It was so long ago, I hardly remember it (I was maybe 8 or 9), aside from wearing what boots I had and drying out socks by the fireplace. We built snow forts and had snowball fights, and we made snowcream.",
"The day this took place I had a bunch of broken down cardboard boxes in my trunk that I was putting off taking to the recycling center. They came in super handy helping to provide traction for cars getting stuck. ",
"I have no idea I just have the picture saved on my computer haha",
"Well I was also desperate and ignoring all the signs. She wasn't even single, though she was cheating on her bf a lot while he was in jail.\n\nIdk. I just try seeing the good in people too much and have to realize not everyone wants to be saved. ",
"Any better ways you suggest traversing through CT other than CT-15?",
"Think about it. Your front tires are locked up not moving which in turn causes the front drive shaft to stop spinning. That causes the transfer case to stop spinning. The transmission engaged in 4x4 will not turn the rear driveshaft seperately from the front. Whatever the run out is between the ring and pinion is all the back wheels are going to move.",
"Gotcha, thanks. Good luck.",
"It depends on where you're going to/coming from, but honestly whatever your gps says is usually the fastest thing. Usually it's not worth it to try to avoid Hartford, but google maps can tell you traffic conditions and stuff as well",
"Agree. It's a matter of several things. 1) As you mention, it's not worth the cost:benefit of massively gearing and supplying up for DOT to be able to handle every storm/every where/every time. It wouldn't be money wisely spent. 2) Our winter storms usually lay down a layer of ice below any base of snow. 3) Even when snow is not accompanied by ice, we're *usually* (Yes, were in an uncommonly long cold period now) so close to 32F that daily thaw/freeze cycles quickly turn even a pure snowfall into a layer of ice within a day (as compared to further north where the snowfall remains crystalline for day/weeks/months at a time). I do hate to generically attribute cause of accidents, but the Triangle area does have a very high proportion of non-locals, so take that at face value.",
"Whenever I see speed limits like that, I assume it's a speed trap town that makes extra money by screwing people.",
"Being accustomed to a colder climate doesn’t make you any better of a person. ",
"Ugh, yes, my < 20 minute commute turned into nearly 5 hours, got stuck at the intersection of oberlin and glennwood behind someone who just decided to park their car in the middle of the street, for no reason. I wasn't happy. I got around them, right up the hill, right down my hill, up and down in a few times to pack some nice tracks, and then down to my house. And I live > 100 ft below the Glennwood St. Mary's light, so it was down hill the whole way. Zero issues with a WRX and decent snow performance tires. I just wanted to get home and go to the bathroom. :(",
"But how do you know about Fred's beds ",
"“What is this mysterious substance falling from the sky? What evil within it makes my tires slide and prevents me from going the usual 50mph? The end is nigh!”",
"Thanks! Give me a better visual",
"It's like snow makes everyone crave french toast!",
"https://m.imgur.com/gallery/s3hhYjT",
"https://m.imgur.com/gallery/s3hhYjT",
"It's closer to 4 than it is to 3.",
"but it isn't 4, and that's the point. has it been 3 years? yes. has it been 4 years? no.",
"I lived in Wyoming most of my life. We got blizzards most years, and to get home after one I had to drive up a 39° slope before the plows came out. Yeah, all season tires help, but they really aren't a replacement for experience. I would regularly pass people who had gone off the road because they spun out to the side of the road, and these people were usually from my town, and they were usually the idiots from highschool who liked texting and driving. ",
"Sort of. Better, no. Better at, yes.",
"Better at handling winter weather. That’s literally it. It has no bearing on any other part of life. \n\nYou aren’t even necessarily a hardier person. Many people who live up north and in the Midwest have a hard time handling southern summers. Which is fine. You aren’t accustomed to the heat and humidity. ",
"You learn to plan, to persevere, to be cautious... Winter is full of life lessons (unless you hide from in it in a natural gas heated apartment). People from warm places either build character, or they fail.",
"Listen, Yoda, I get that you think you’re on some kinda moral high ground here or something, but you’re not. \n\nWinter doesn’t build character. At least not anymore. It might have used to when not properly planning meant your entire family dying but that’s highly unlikely in this day and age. \n\nI’ve spent winters in colder places than Montana and I actually quite enjoyed it. The cold is easier to handle than the heat. ",
"I see this discussion has you a little flustered. I have no doubt that in any other context you would agree that facing the elements builds character - it's basically a tautology. So what's the deal?",
"I’m not flustered. I always talk like this to dicks. \n\nYou haven’t built any character by living in Montana. You’ve only gained a false sense of superiority.\n\nWhich is odd. You’re in Montana. It isn’t like you’re in the coldest or hottest of the states. You’re up there in coldness but Alaska would laugh at you if you said you endured the colds of winter and are therefore a better person than people from the south. ",
"Perhaps the lessons of contending with the elements would be lost on you.\n\nEdit: Also, you betray an ignorance about climate. Most people in AK live in places that stay warmer than MT for most of the winter (because their area is warmed by Pacific currents), and they have a much longer growing season. And we're not even talking about sheer snowfall and sheer negative degrees Fahrenheit - we're talking about self-sufficiency, perserverence, planning and forethought, prudence, etc. I agree that you can avoid those lessons if you try. But lots of people don't avoid it - we take some pride in knowing that our home is warm because we used saws and axes, or that we've delivered ourselves and passengers safely to our home thousands of times without failure, while people from other places can't make it there twice in a row without sliding off the road because they're mashing on the accelerator and have no respect for traction (\"the highway out to Malibu never has ice, so why should I drive carefully...\").\n\nI expect such experiences of reliance on your own skills and conscientiousness may not be a part of your history, so I can only say that *I* value them in *my* history, and I project that you would as well.",
"There’s no reason to continue discussing this with you. Your head is so far up your own backside that I’m surprised you can see to type. \n\nYou don’t live in the wild west. You live in modern day Montana. ",
"Ohhhhhhh",
"Peameal! Thank you. I couldn't remember the legit term. All I know is that it's delicious. ",
"Pills are never unmarked. Every single prescription pill has a unique code stamped right on it. Would have taken the cop 30 seconds to google it and find exactly what kind of pills they were, and I'm sure that's the standard. OP left details out, but with the info given, OP should never have been cited. Cops cannot arrest you for 'possibly' possessing illegal pills. They have to have certainty that it is contraband. Have you never seen the show cops? They call in backup to bring a testing kit when they find unmarked drugs, and test them right there on the hood of the car. They don't arrest you and then send it to the lab because they would not be able to charge you with anything lmao Also, lot's of pro-bono lawyers out there that love cases like this. Lastly, I wasn't contesting the cops legality of searching the car. I'm sure they did have reasonable suspicion. But this is literally no different than arresting someone for having Tylenol on the premise that it could technically be oxycontin. Drug arrests always must come with evidence, or the ACLU will fuck your dept in the ass. \n\nFunny story, actually: I got searched once and I had four caffeine pills on me in one of those dime bags commonly used for illegal drugs. They were unmarked white tablets, and the cop thought it was ecstasy, and freaked out, got into full on drug bust mode. Then I calmly explained to him that I am slightly narcoleptic, and I told him the exact brand on Amazon, Prolab, and was like \"c'mon, these are bleach white, quality tablets, what MDMA has this kind of build quality. And he searched the company, sure enough it matched, and he let me go, cuz I had nothing else on me. He just teased me for my epic caffeine addiction haha ",
"You very obviously have no clue how this stuff works, but cool man agree to disagree. Cheers",
"So going that fast on a freeway that hasn't been cleared isn't the problem here. The problem is only when they need to slow down and decide to drive like normal and then all of sudden their brakes don't what was expected. (Well technically they do, and it's the fact that ice has no friction compared to asphalt that's the problem ) \n\nOr they try and turn sharply for some reason and once again it doesn't do what it's \"supposed \" to do. \n\nIt's probably better that they get on your ass a little instead of trying to slam the brakes to get off of you. Unless they're just some asshole trying to continue to go 10 over on a road that requires a lot of stopping and turning.",
"Dear Raleigh,\n\nStay home tomorrow.\n\nYou're welcome.",
"My parents are lawyers and I studied pharmacology and psychiatry, and I've been arrested for weed possession at a time when I had caffeine pills in a ziplock bag. The cops though it was ecstasy, but I assured them and even confirmed the brand that made them. They sent them for testing, but guess who didn't get charged with felony MDMA possession that night? How fucking dumb would it be if cops could arrest someone without a single bit of evidence. Notice how your obvious projection of ignorance prevents you from actually singling out any statement I said as being false. ",
"Thanks! We got EIGHT inches, which is crazy, but we’re hunkered down :)",
"Just a heads up if you do have to go out, the snow gets packed in the wheel wells and under the car, and a mix of the heat from driving and then freezing back up when you park overnight will make it bad on your alignment, even if it doesn't look that bad take a pole or something and try to chisel out as much as you can",
"Cool man",
"That’s something I wasn’t aware of— thanks so much for the advice! This is something we’re definitely not used to here. I appreciate it!",
"Doing 80 in the slow lane (when the speed limit is 65) would be a pretty dick move ",
"Al Gore, the liberal media , the end of snow due to global warming ..scammers!\n",
"Tim Hortons gave up their coffee supplier to macdonalds. About 10-12 years ago, remember when McDonald's coffee used to be shit? Tim Hortons was the hot to get coffee back in the day but; for some reason TH dropped its coffee supplier and all of a sudden McDonald's has coffee that tastes like the old Tim Hortons (the new coffee tastes like ass) so I did research and from my understanding McDonalds wanted TH's coffee supplier and got it. I think the idea was to expand the popular coffee to the USA because TH was so exclusive to Canada back in the day. That's when McDonald came out with the dollar coffee to bring customers in. \n\n Tim Hortons was killin it. They're coffee was good like 10-12 years ago. But agreed since and every year it seems to get shittier and shittier and it tastes like you're eating mad rotten ass and to me now and makes me want to puke it's so nasty. The new coffee and cream gives me a headache and likes to stay in the mouth which is gross and white spots form on my tonsils whenever I drink their coffee now. I think they picked up some low budget beans to save mad money and trick us and that dark Arabic blend.. That shit is the worst and tastes like rotten cardboard. They're cream makes me sick, idk what it is. But it's like they never clean the cream machines, and that's pretty important considering its cream and has a lot of bacteria running through the pipes and its sitting in the machine. That's warm and cold at the same time. The cream machine pipes must get clogged or built up with left over cream and bacteria which is pretty gross. I think that's part of the reason why it makes people sick now. \n\nI don't think Tim Horton employees clean the cream machine and \n\nKind of like a bar that never cleans their draught pipes, for the beer. That draught that runs through old draught pipes tastes like shit compared to a bar that cleans and maintains their draught pipes and machines\n(Lady bartender I banged told me the secret to good draught beer) and now it makes me think of all the other commercial machines that never get cleaned. Especially cream machines. \n\nTake note and let me know what you think about the dirty cream machines"
] | 1,033 |
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Remember this? How Raleigh, NC handled 2.5" of snow 3 years ago... Tomorrow they are expecting the same if not more.
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[
"Fuck terrorism.",
"RIP Ambassador Stevens, it is a shame the US government wouldn't protect their own Ambassador.",
"Ill play this game also.\n\nRIP La David Johnson. Its a shame a soldier has to serve a president who doesnt have any respect for men and woman in uniform. ",
"Lol, they downvoted you too. I guess 'support the troops' is only a thing when it's a political tool. ",
"How about all of you go fuck yourselves? ",
"That's unpatriotic of you. ",
"Ambassador Stevens died on 9-11. La david Johnson died with three other men in October 2017.",
"The flowers were for Ambassador Stevens who died on 9-11."
] | 8 |
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Photo of the American Embassy in Germany after 9/11
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[
"That fellowship is on their way to slay Smaug and reclaim their kingdom under the mountain.",
"littering axe, littering axe, littering axe, littering axe......smoking the reefer",
"I was thinking more \"and my axe, and my axe, and my axe, and...\""
] | 3 |
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The only thing worst than littering is littering axe.
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[
"I could fuck that thing up",
"Hold my beer...",
"Is it actually cut from a ridiculously large pizza? Or is it just a pizza that's slice shaped?",
"Asking the important questions",
"From a large pizza \n\nEdit- -12 points? Damn. I just told you what the guy told me. Sorry. ",
"That must be the mother of all ovens",
"Yea I wouldn't feel great about it but I don't see that being a challenge after a smoke sesh. ",
"Clearly I’m just a fat ass but that doesn’t seem like a challenge so much as it seems like a typical amount of pizza to eat...",
"I'd like to see a slice from an x-large pizza",
"It’s 2 feet. Picture doesn’t do it justice ",
"2 feet tall or 2 feet on a side?",
"Well, shit. I know what I’m having for dinner now. \n\nTo hell with resolutions. ",
"Good bot, but that makes it seem really small. Lol",
"4 bananas ",
"0.61m or 3.2 bananas. ",
"You failed geometry, didn't you?",
"Challenge ? Seems like a normal\nPizza with the shape of a slice",
"Savage",
"Now fold that fucker in half and get to work",
"I like that it's on a giant pizza tray but still needs that little paper tray at the bottom to hold the tip. ",
"No I mean I get it, but I can also do a 24inch pizza myself, 18inch normally. ... and yeah like I said I’m a fat ass, but I just think challenge is a strong word for it.",
"They make a huge slice, then bake it. \n\nThis site is terrible, so have an adblocker enabled if you can. https://www.lohud.com/videos/life/food/2016/06/08/85620876/",
"No way, all the sides are flat. Unless they made an octagonal pizza. This is made in this shape and baked as one piece.",
"Damn, you'll be pooping it out before you finished eating it.",
"I would feel great about it.",
"!redditbanana",
"I would do it justice.",
"Look I am a 54 year old grandma and even I could eat that not much of a challenge for true pizza lover\n",
"Pfft, that's like a Friday night dinner for me.",
"Ok. I'm gunna need: a blue dream blunt, a pint of ranch dressing and 3 large, well iced Dr. Peppers. \n\nI got this. \n\nSeriously though, my brother could eat the pie that slice from.",
"I wouldn't even break a sweat destroying this thing",
"Is the pizza any good?",
"I'm ashamed to admit it, but I've had that much pizza in 1 sitting. \n\nEdit: and probably again on Friday ",
"That pizza's grandchildren would hear stories about me",
"Dude’s so high playing HQ that he has no idea a big piece of pizza is in front of him",
"Same and I’m curious where the remaining 5/6ths of that pizza could be.",
"That slice in Yonkers is fucking Bonkers!! 🤪",
"hold my joint...",
"It's a 2ft super slice!",
"goddamn chill the fuck out bot",
"I can do it and I'm only moderately fat.",
"That's clearly just a triangular pizza. I guess everyone has to have a gimmick...",
"Reasons the 1 slice of pizza for dinner diet failed.",
"Lol. “Literally all I ate today was a slice of pizza. I just don’t get it.”",
"Do you eat for free when you finish it?",
"Nah. Usually you just end up buying another piece tbh.",
"Most pizza ovens are made to fit 4-6 large pies, depending on the oven size.",
"That would be using PED's and you would be disqualified",
"You sound like an awesome grandma with a username to match.",
"Is it two feet long like each side of the slice is roughly two feet? Two feet is roughly 61 cm so the area of food stuffs to eat is about 1611 cm^3. A medium Pizza Hut pizza is 12 inches or about 30 cm so it has an area of 706 cm^3 making this super slice 2.28 times larger than a medium pizza. Even an extra large is 1256 cm^3 of pizza so this super slice is still basically an extra large plus an extra slice and a half.\n\nI looked at that and went \"yeah I, a human pit, could suck that triangular devil down\" and now after I've done the math I've realized that I probably still could but I'd hate myself more than usual.",
"I used to be over 300lbs (thank God I’m down to 189 now) and could almost take a medium dominos plus half a two liter down by myself and this scares me. ",
"EZ",
"Good point.\n\nSuper slice: 84.78 bananas^3 \nMedium pizza: 37.15 bananas^3 \nX-Large pizza: 66 bananas^3",
"WTF man, that should come with 2 pitchers of beer.",
"gimme 2",
"I feel like most people could probably finish off that bitch given enough time. But I'm assuming since it's a \"challenge\" that there is a time limit. ",
"^ found the guy who eats pizza right!",
"Shit like this is stupid.",
"The subtitle under that item on the menu should be..\n\n*\"Get yonked real good\"*",
"The real challenge is not filling up on the free garlic bread beforehand.",
"-2\\*e^(pi*i) feet",
"Almost? Amateur! \nWhen I was just under 200Lbs I could down a whole NY City large pie, 2L soda. I'm 250 and can do that easily. \n\nThis is not a challenge. This is what I warm up with before a challenge. \n\nUnless they have a time limit, I could probably do that in about 10-15 minutes just to account for crust thickness and stringiness of the cheese. ",
"I SAID WE MAY HAVE TO BRING IN OUR FRIEND FROM YONKERS!",
"It looks exactly like something you'd pull out of a freezer, but bigger.",
"How much does it cost if you can't eat the whole thing?",
"There’s infinitely better pizzerias in Yonkers than pizza barn",
"I mean I don’t like vomiting on myself so yeah. ",
"I'll have three. Thanks.",
"Yeah, it's basically just a triangle pizza instead of a circle. ",
"That's not a slice of pizza, that's a triangular pizza.",
"So a whole pizza? Done and done.",
"Fold and go to town. Om nom nom. ",
"What's the challenge?",
"Looks like about 9 slices. But my Guts, Proficiency, and Knowledge are pretty high, so I'll take the challenge.",
"i heard that for most food challenges the actual food isnt the best quality. but pizza is pretty hard to fuck up.",
"thats not a slice its just a big triangle shaped pizza",
"You haven't lived until you've competitively eaten.\nI could never go pro, but amongst my peer group where we ran this ourselves, I didn't have to pick up many tabs as that was usually part of the wager. ",
"[Lots more pics here to give a better idea of size.](http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/06/26/19/41C8C47200000578-0-image-a-38_1498500804958.jpg) \n\nIt looks doable but then the crust is pretty thick too.",
"It's just a marketing trick and op got fooled.",
"\"i dont know why im obese i only have 1 slice of pizza a day\"",
"That doesn't look like a slice. It looks like it's just been baked as a triangle shaped pizza. ",
"If you can hold a pizza like that without the cheese and toppings slipping then something is wrong.",
"That's it?",
"Probably %50 of people who eat pizza do this... \n\"Found the guy who dips his fries in ketchup!\"\n",
"Fuck that game",
"Fuck....I would smoke a joint and destroy that shit....then ask for seconds",
"I could do it. I'd hate myself afterwards, but I could do it.",
"It's easy when dominoes has unlimited topping large for 7.99 carryout",
"Why aren't the other two edges supported by extra plates?",
"That's a meal for me. Yeah I'm a pig, I'm OK with it. ",
"Yeah that looks smaller then a large chain pizza. I'll have some breadsticks too please. ",
"I've now decided that I'm going to go eat that for my birthday this year. ",
"The challenge is taking a shit without laxatives after consuming this slice.",
"Dilly Dilly!",
"That isn't a slice though, it's just a triangle shaped pizza that was never cut.",
"How. Is everyone doing after the battle of Yonkers? ",
"Most places I see now use the conveyor oven. Sad because a real pizza oven makes the crust crispier and you can control the cook speed by putting the pie closer to the door. Conveyor systems aren't as versatile.",
"I bet I could show that slice a good time",
"They are slipping but my guess that it's a combination of the pizza cooling a lot and it being a quick snap after they picked up the slices.",
"> \"Found the guy who dips his fries in ketchup!\"\n\nThe Belgian community frowns upon your shenanigans.",
"Same, totally not a challenge. ",
"I live in NY, I haven't seen conveyors used anywhere but chains and the occasional school or grocery store. All pizza shops around me are all brick oven and even have some wood fired, which is rare.",
"That's a pizza, not a slice of pizza.",
"Looks to be about seven slices equivalent.",
"Did you get 2 toppings on that slice?! Good luck I did just the pepperoni and made it about 80% of the way. Definitely a good smoke then show up trip if you're close to Yonkers/The Bronx.",
"Still though, not a challenge",
"Where’s the garlic butter?",
"...as opposed to ranch dressing, mayonnaise, or vinegar *shudder*",
"Sit that next to my computer while I'm gaming and I won't even notice it's gone in 20 minutes.",
"I'm all like that's no a challenge, that's a meal. I don't always eat pizza, but when I do its go big or go bigger.",
"I tried vinegar once.\n\n\n*ONCE*",
"Where do you live that you get unlimited toppings? I'm in Mass and we get 3 toppings on the large 7.99 deal. Which i still think is a pretty good deal.",
"The biggest challenge would be only having one slice",
"Texas, it may have been 9.99 for the large unlimited carryout coupon",
"Oh a coupon deal. That must be it. I don't think I've seen that offered around here. ",
"Malt vinegar. Gotta be malt.",
"Mayo... Yeah in Holland they drowned them in that shit."
] | 125 |
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Super slice challenge in Yonkers.
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[
"Caught what OP? ",
"The palindrome. ",
"Take my upvote. Did not see that. ",
"Would be better if you were doing 939 MPH.",
"Although it’s not like you catch it in the sense of like a deer running across the road. You just notice it. Pull over. And then you have as much time as you want to “catch” it. Jus sayin. ",
"The only other time I seem to see it in on the highway where I can’t pull over, and by the time I can, it’s ruined.",
"Legit "
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Finally caught it on camera!
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[
"Tortilla. ",
"Mr. Potato Head, incognito.",
"That's no moon."
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Moon or Tortilla?
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/r/pics/comments/7qxex4/when_you_dont_give_a_damn_about_star_wars_or_legos/
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[
"Two questions:\n\n1. Why, what's wrong with you?\n\n2. Wait, did you step on a LEGO and remain scarred for life? \n\n",
"You heathen!",
"1. Nothing. Just now really happy with what Disney has done to the franchise. I saw the original films when they came out in theaters. Disney is just trying to wring every penny they can get from a great story.\n2. Having 2 kids, I got tired of stepping on legos years ago.\n3. I thought the post would be the next logical step in the ongoing theme. ",
"He's just hoping to bank on that meme while it lasts.",
"Well, you can't blame him for trying. "
] | 5 |
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When you don't give a damn about Star Wars *or* Legos
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[
"Well done ma'am!",
"Nice. r/gonewild is waiting.",
"But you're missing out on cheetos. Worth it?.. jk, nj I'm 28 and get carded everytime. Care for yourself and it'll show. ",
"And also sequins, don’t discount the power of sequins. ",
"What kind of exercise ",
"just looks like a female in a dress. would be nice to see a before and after or something or at least a more appropriate outfit to actually see the results",
"fapfapfapfapfapfapfapfap ",
"You're missing the point. The point is women don't need all the makeup and photoshop before posting a photo online. Eat right, exercise, and be happy 😊 ",
"Thank you!",
"May prefer /r/gonemild? Hopefully anyway........ :-)",
"Marathons, Taekwondo, plyometrics ",
"What is that?",
"haha ok. dont get me wrong you look great, but I guess with the title of \"this is the result of exercise and eating healthy\" I was hoping more to see actual results. still a cool thread nonetheless",
"Hi mom!",
"Sub reddit for women to submit clothed PG/PG-13 pics of themselves. Very under rated. Give it a look.",
"lol I never said I was pretty or anything like that....just no makeup, no photo altering, just me to make a point that women don't need to cover their faces 😊",
"It was a joke, sorry it was misplaced .... I will delete it. ",
"Congrats on being a total fox.",
"What is all that mess of a link?",
"You look FANTASTIC. not sure what’s up with all these dickwads commenting. I applaud you on keeping yourself healthy and looking (and hopefully feeling) wonderful!",
"Does his mom count? ",
"What a beautiful woman, great smile!",
"I respect your opinion but those images from this link are not in good taste. I don't think a woman giving the finger to the camera is what I would call good looking. Also, you should consider the photos are most likely touched up and she's wearing makeup. ",
"Ok well you’re definitely wearing lip gloss and mascara and you filled in your brows and you dye your hair.... but that dress is amazing and the rest is all you. ",
"You’re a very beautiful woman, congratulations and keep looking wonderful. ",
"Lemme see that monkey!",
"And your leg tanner is uneven. Just sayin. So much for “no makeup” ",
"You look stunning! ",
"Booo! This isn't Facebook we don't care about you wearing a dress and bragging about your looks.",
"Wow! Well thank you for thinking I've dyed my hair but no I never have. Also, I don't have any makeup on...no mascara, no lipgloss, no eyebrow pencil. And that is the point of this post. Women don't have to wear all that stuff to show their face to the rest of the world.",
"I must say, this person in the picture is absolutely stunning! Is this you? Also, where did you get this dress from? ",
"not in front of the gang mooom!-.-",
"did you also take the time to read my posts in anti-feminism? theyre not really anitfeminist.\n\nYes i have, did you? I doubt so considering how eager you are to pull of the white knight for a 46 reddit hoe. lmao",
"You are going to get some groooooooooss comments.",
"I don't wear tanner 😊",
"Thank you! Yes this is me. I purchased the dress in England several years ago.",
"So much salt in this thread. Ignore the haters woman who I want my wife to look like at 45.",
"Thank you!",
"You've missed the whole point 😊",
"Love the smile! ",
"That's all true, but one thing you haven't mentioned is it takes money. All those fresh vegetables, organic chicken, taekwando, etc... Sure there are examples of poor people who look great, but it's easier if you have money.",
"Dope",
"neckbeard? how?\n\nshes not special for 46. looks like a average 46 women. i dont think you need special exercise or healthy food to lookd like that at 46, just dont be super fat.",
"what is this ? ",
"No I haven't missed a thing. There is no proof this is even you, and it's not even a real success story. You could have lived a charmed life and never struggled to lose weight or keep weight off. Some peoples genetics don't allow them to maintain a good physique without extreme dieting and long hard days at the gym. Your post proves nothing and is just a grab for attention, either that or you are a troll. ",
"Lol my two cats are rescues and my 15 year old dog, who I've had since she was a puppy is also a rescue. So if having 2 cats and 1 dog is what you call unhealthy because I enjoy taking photos and sharing them, well then ok 😊",
"Well this is me. I never mentioned this is a success story. And you should never judge someone and think for a second that I've never seen hardships or struggled. Also, this is the result of working extremely hard. Long runs in the hot summers and cold winters. It takes major self discipline.",
"it was just an example lol?",
"There is no proof of any claims made by you. Also there are plenty of attractive people out there who work for it, and it's not that special go post it to Facebook for your friends.",
"Neckbeard lol ",
"how is that neckbeard???",
"I really appreciate your hateful comments and I hope you find whatever it is you're looking for in life. 😊",
"More hateful ones but it's all good 😊 ",
"Haha! That's great! No I don't but maybe I should 😜",
"That wasnt my intention. I though \"shes not that exeptional, ill try to search a example of a exeptional case to strengh my point\".\n\n",
"(((Waving))) Hi!! Whoever you are 😊",
"I never said women shouldn't wear makeup or dress a certain way. I simply stated that women don't have to in order to show their face to the world. There is a difference. A big difference.",
"Also, I don't believe I'm better than others. In fact, I appreciate everyone's opinion but you shouldn't try to put someone down. Could you not find a better way to voice your opinion? And at the same time build someone up instead of tearing them down? A little side note: you never know what someone is going through behind the scenes so maybe you can tone down your judgements?",
"I think it's funny how a lot of the haters deleted their negative comments after they were pointed out. ",
"I just want to thank those who stood up for me in this post. I'm very grateful 😊",
"It is a little egocentric but we have egos. When you exercise and eat right and feel the results you want to tell the world! It's hard to do while not offending people. Keep it up! "
] | 62 |
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45 years old. No makeup. No photoshop. This is the result of hard work...exercise and eating healthy.
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[
"You know, this is a really cute pic. I bet that little girl is so proud to be walking around with them. I like her cute little denim jacket over the Rainbow Dash hoodie. Looks like something my daughter would wear. ",
"Wow unikitty hoodies are a thing already. \n\nIll laugh if this is a family photo",
"who took the picture?",
"Yeah, because when you dress punk you shouldn't have a family or be happy or anything right? \nEveryone is so quick to judge people these days. I mean \"this\" person wears clothing that I don't like \"they\" must be a bad person... Give you heads a shake.",
"...i think you misread my comment or something. \n\nI just thought it would be funny if this was a very non traditional family.",
"I didn't misread, you're attempting to defend your comment with an \"excuse\". It's still shameful.. How would it be funny if that was a family picture? It wouldn't be funny it would just be a family picture.",
"I bet you're offended by something nearly every moment of your life"
] | 8 |
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Juvenile punks.
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[
"I’d eat it 👍🏻",
"nice job",
"did pretty well*",
"Is that deviled ham?",
"Close. It’s spicy tuna with too much mayo in it lol",
"You did a well job. ",
"Well done. How did you roll them? Did you use those bamboo mats or something else? ",
"You’ll know for sure later tonight. ",
"Thanks! Bamboo mats all the way. I can’t imagine trying to roll sushi without one. That takes real talent.",
"Nice job, where'd you get the fish? I'm having a hard time finding sushi grade fish around my area. ",
"You are a goodspring of clever comments",
"Thank you! We got the fish at Sprouts. Unfortunately, I think they’re only in California. ",
"holy shit, that looks amazing!\n\npost to /r/SushiAbomination for some free karma",
"Sushi grade is mostly a bunch of marketing BS. Just find some previously frozen farmed salmon or tuna that doesn't look to beat up.\n\nhttp://www.seriouseats.com/2017/05/how-to-prepare-raw-fish-at-home-sushi-sashimi-food-safety.html",
"Have you heard of the sushi bazooka? I bought it and it's amazing!",
"There's something magic about vinegared rice, seaweed, and avocado. Any kind of meat is just a bonus and I haven't found anything yet that doesn't compliment the flavors. Your rolls look fantastic, by the way. Did you use a mold, a mat, or pure skill?"
] | 16 |
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My gf and I made sushi for the first time. I think we did pretty good.
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[
"Where's Jackie Chan?",
"So it's rush hour and no one is there?",
"According to the time on the overhead display, yeah.\n\nstrange for London, to say the least",
"Can't see anyone except one guy there.. ",
"It says the next train is on the other platform, so maybe that's why?"
] | 5 |
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Rush Hour
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[
"So you’re an airplane?",
"Somebody has to do it.",
"Aer Lingus?",
"Yep!"
] | 4 |
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So today work took me over Greenland. Spectacular.
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/r/pics/comments/7qxo7b/design_fail_at_american_deli_savannah_ga/
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[
"Or perhaps design perfection. ",
"It's not a fail if it is done on purpose.",
"/r/crappydesign",
"/r/designercrapper",
"People assume this is a design fail because (I guess) they think the door handle is a penis. These people have obviously never seen a penis because the placement is all wrong.\n\nHowever, if you were to say it looks like an off-kilter bellybutton with an attached umbilical cord, I can reason why this would be crappy design. ",
"Who has a penis coming out of their belly button though? "
] | 6 |
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Design fail at American Deli, Savannah, GA.
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/r/pics/comments/7qxp05/large_onion_or_tiny_pumpkin/
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[
"Large onion and tiny pumpkin",
"Yes",
"Correct."
] | 3 |
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Large onion or tiny pumpkin?
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/r/pics/comments/7qxpc2/birds_eye_view/
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[
"Where is this? Niagara falls?",
"Yes",
"For your information: Canadian side is the bottom and the top is the American.",
"If you ever plan to go to Niagara Falls, do it from the Canadian side. The town itself is super touristy, but the view and area is much nicer. ",
"And we've got the sundowner",
"I don't see the bird's eye.",
"https://i.imgur.com/qEiMYui.jpg\n\nOP I took this as well, good times."
] | 7 |
pics
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Birds Eye View
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/r/pics/comments/7qxpkb/here_is_my_first_ever_symmetrical_pendant_i/
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[
"Amazing! What is it made out of?",
"Pure talent. Very nice! How long did it take you to make?",
"About 10-11 hours.",
"Sterling and Argentium Silvers, Tourmaline, Sapphire, and Garnet"
] | 4 |
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Here is my first ever symmetrical pendant, I finished this a couple days ago!
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/r/pics/comments/7qxpvg/at_20_i_thought_i_was_so_cool/
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[
"What's up mustache!",
"You were cool brah",
"You was cool homie. "
] | 3 |
pics
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At 20 I thought I was so cool...
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/r/pics/comments/7qxret/because_in_texas_even_during_a_winter_storm_we/
|
[
"Is that a cob of corn cut in pieces ? ",
"Your ice tea has corn in it.",
"It's beef shank and taters and onion and such, with little slices of corn. Traditionally it's known as Caldo.\n",
"One question. \n\nIs it socially acceptable to just grab that corn slice and go to town, or are you expected to balance it on the spoon and take dainty little bites like you're the bloody queen or somethin'?",
"Oh, yes, lots of Hispanic groceries are meant to be eaten with your hand. It's really the only way to get those kernels.",
"Okay?",
"eat the soup, then most of the other stuff should be done. use hands, then clean them.",
"Recipe pls!",
"It is usually slow cooked on the stove top. This was a fresh packaged version sold in the store. The wife just put it in a crock pot.\n\nIt was some beef shank and veggies, but stew meat and bones are the usual. Potato, celery, onion, carrots, cabbage are typical. Garlic salt and pepper. Cook 4-6 hours. Always good with corn or flour tortillas, even a side of beans. My apologies I couldn't be exact on measuring.",
"This sounds amazing. Thank you! I’ll see what I can dig up from google. :)",
"It is a staple at Mexican eateries and is actually eaten for breakfast, like another favorite, Menudo.",
"WHATS THAT?!\n\nMy husband is from Texas, but hasn’t been there in YEARS. I’ve been compiling dishes to surprise him with. :)",
"In fact- not to put you out, but if you can think of a few (texmex too), would you mind messaging them to me??",
"Basically, it's Caldo, a delicious soup served for breakfast, but good any time. You're a thoughtful wife.",
"Haha. Sometimes. :) Thank you!",
"Would be my pleasure. I onow some simple staples that your hubby would love you for.",
"BUSH'S!",
"the food looks good. The place mat, however, is making me furious",
"As a new Englander I'm curious, what is considered a winter storm on Texas"
] | 19 |
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Because in Texas, even during a Winter Storm, we must have our iced tea.
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/r/pics/comments/7qxuy0/canadas_2018_winter_olympics_promotional_photo/
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[
"I did not realize that every Canadian man is as hot as their PM. Or is that Justin in the pic?",
"They nailed the weather. ",
"Keanu Reeves lifting Alanis Morissette. ",
"Looking a lot like hunger games to me ",
"That's Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir.",
"Proud to be Canadian! 🍁"
] | 6 |
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Canada's 2018 Winter Olympics promotional photo
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/r/pics/comments/7qxvbd/i_was_about_to_order_dinner_at_the_bar_when_all/
|
[
"Jesus fuck",
"“When It Absolutely, Positively Has to Be There Overnight”",
"Delivery for you? ",
"The type of \"last call\" that gets your attention",
"Eating a meal at a bar is always risky.",
"FedWrex",
"Sign right here motherfucker.",
"Fed-X gon' give it to ya!",
"Rely on our fastest shipping service when every second counts.",
"It was fairly frightening. I was 5 stools in at the bar. All of a sudden there was a loud noise, the wall vaporized and there was a truck. I’m still not sure if there were any casualties. I really hope not. I only saw one minor injury from a glass cut. The Fed-ex guys looked to be OK.",
"[Know what I'm craving?](https://www.ispot.tv/ad/wA21/jack-in-the-box-guacamole-and-bacon-chicken-sandwich-top-floor)",
"Make that order \"to go\".",
"Omg the ceiling is still exploding",
"Trying to ghost ride the whip. ",
"/r/OHHYEAH",
"This is for next door.",
"I bet they have a guacamole appetizer there. It's hard to resist the guac. ",
"They won't even knock on my door. ",
"Yes. They do.",
"OH YEAH!",
"Fuuuuck. This same shit happened to my dad at a Barnes and Nobles/Starbucks combo store one time. \n\nLady thought her car was in reverse and just gunned it right through the glass window instead. Killed some poor woman who happened to sit at the table where my dad usually sat; the one right by the window. \n\nThey moved the Starbucks to the back of the store after that. ",
"Their rush delivery option seems to be effective. ",
"I don’t think you’re supposed to park there.",
"\"Can you hear me knocking now muthafucka!\"",
"Counter-to-counter service!",
"Lucky people. Did it crash through a wall or was it through an entrance? Where is this?",
"Through the glass storefront wall. Renaissance Hotel, LAX",
"are you fucking welcome?!",
"Drive through order.",
"are you on a scene in lethal weapon",
"Shit on the truck while eating your dinner. "
] | 31 |
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I was about to order dinner at the bar when all hell broke loose
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/r/pics/comments/7qxvdh/my_first_school_photo_in_zimbabwe_and_in_uniform/
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[
"You were cute. ",
"\nI'd vote for you.",
"Dapper as fuck.",
"What a handsome boy. 😊",
"One happy little fellow.",
"So adorable!",
"5 comments at the moment and this is basically what I was gonna say. Well, “dapper” something. I hadn’t thought it through all the way. ",
"Are you still there? What's been your journey. ",
"Cute.",
"That classic skinny tie is now for sale at Urban Outfitters for $45.",
"Too cute ",
"I want to pinch your cheeks. Soo cute! ",
"Really? Damn, wish I kept mine!",
"Adorable!",
"Your facial expression is meme worthy. I'd like to ask your permission to use it as soon as I come up with a good caption. Let's make this viral Reddit.",
"He's Kid President ",
"You look like youre watching your teacher lady eat an ice cream cone in this pic",
"Are you a billionaire? ",
"lol.....\ncute pic",
"Does this fall under r/oldschoolcool ",
"It only costed you 29 million back then. ",
"Sure, go ahead :)",
"\n/u/Zimboi178, your comment was removed for the following reason: \n\n* Instagram links are not allowed in this subreddit. Handles are allowed (e.g. @example), as long as they are not a hotlink. (this is a spam prevention measure. Thank you for your understanding) \n\nTo have your comment restored, please edit the instagram link out of your comment, then send a [message to the moderators.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=/r/pics&subject=Request to restore comment by /u/Zimboi178&message=This [comment](https://www.reddit.com/r/pics/comments/7qxvdh/my_first_school_photo_in_zimbabwe_and_in_uniform/dssziep/?context=10\\) was removed for containing an instagram link.)\n\n\n*I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please [contact the moderators of this subreddit](/message/compose/?to=/r/pics) if you have any questions or concerns.*",
"I hope this doesn't sound weird but you look so cute in this picture. ",
"Wise choice. I'd pledge that kids go to school only once a month",
"We moved to Scandinavia way way back in 2003 :)",
"Says in the sidebar there that the pic must be over 25 years old to qualify as old school",
"Thank you!",
"Thanks!",
"Is not gey if yu do it in Zimbabwe ",
"Genuinely looks like someone behind the camera is really testing your patience but you're trying to be the bigger person, but you're trying to murder them with your eyes.",
"In Zimbabwe in 1998? Risky choice. ",
"cute",
"Speaking as an adult, you've lost my vote.",
"ZIMBABWE!!!",
"My family lives in Sentosa! I would vote for you. Iwe neni tine basa hahaha! ",
"Mabelreign neWestgate ma neighborhood angu! Wakaenda kuchikoro kupi?",
"Nice. Well before all the roads had potholes. I grew up in Gweru and went to Riverside Primary and got shipped off kumishoni for high school. ",
"Why is this a post?",
"Because it is.",
"It's funny how as kids going to school was the worst, but now that I'm working I long for those days. ",
"You look like a happy kid. Do you still live in Zimbabwe? ",
"Reminds me of the Boy Scout uniform",
"That expression... I think on this day a new meme was born.",
"Whachoo Talkin bout Willis!?\n\nSome of you young uns may have to Google that one.",
"Holy shit, what is with this comment section? Any time a pic of a colored person is posted we get these racist comments. ",
"Whatcha talkin bout Willis?",
"Lmao no. Zimbabwe is a shithole. He left as soon as he could. ",
"Very handsome!",
"colored person lol, is that you grandpa?",
"No.",
"Do you know de wey?",
"Hey a real life bigot everyone! u/WashingtonRwords clearly has the same level of contempt for African (black) people as the POTUS does, SAD.\n\nImagine wearing your racism so openly on your sleeve. I guess its easy when you're a coward piece of shit hiding behind a monitor.",
"I guess you're the type of person who advocates the use of the N-word. \"But it's just a word!\"",
"Says the guy from the country that says its ok to slaughter white farmers and then blame dead white farmers when your shithole country has no food 😂😂😂",
"Um, that doesn't happen in Canada. Try again.\n\nI can play too though. How about this.\n\n\"says the guy from the country that says its ok to slaughter a country music festival full of white people because *at least he wasn't a Muslim*.\"\n\n",
"Lmao as if you know why that guy killed those honkeys. ",
"I laughed way harder at this reply than I should have. ",
"I didn't say anything about why he did it. It's hard to comprehend and understand English sometimes, i feel ya.",
"Im pretty sure he was just poking fun at your use of an anachronism. No need to get so mad, amigo ",
"nope",
"Spit on him bruddas!",
"*were*",
"I dont see any racism.",
"oh man. i'm gonna go buy my son a tie. lookin' sharp @op",
"Tis not gay,\n\nif you do in Zimbabwe\n\n",
"I'm not mad, just annoyed and tired of casual racism. But I'm a woman of color so i must have a short fuse. ",
"Cute kid",
"I mean, Zimbabwe has problems and is very poor, I totally understand why someone would leave, especially if they wanted to get a really good university education. \n\nSome of those problems are because the things that people thought would help them did not actually help them very much. Some of those problems are because the person they picked to lead them wasn't nearly as competent as they thought. A lot of those problems are because a bunch of people came in, tore down your government, settled on your best land, and generally did everything possible to make you subservient and did so for long enough that anyone who actually remembered what how you did things before in sufficient detail had long since died, such that when you finally got the chance to write more of your own destiny, you weren't well-equipped to do so. \n\nUnfortunately, it's hard to tell whether the person you replied to understands that or whether they blame the people of Zimbabwe for not being able to magically solve all their problems on their own. Sadly, their reply to you kind of indicates the latter. ",
"Their pro-trump, \"shithole\" country post history led me to that conclusion as well.",
"Sorry I made the mistake of thinking you were OP, but since you’re not my comment makes no sense. The first comment here (the one you responded to) was poking fun at the fact that the title for the original post used an anachronism. If anything, the first comment in this thread was insinuating OP should use more adequate terminology, like POC\n\nMy original comment should instead read as such:\n\nIm pretty sure he was just poking fun at OP’S use of an anachronism. No need to get so mad, amiga.",
"Must be a shame to see Zimbabwe in such a state.\n\nIt was the bread basket of Africa, now it's just a basket case.",
"Tl;dr version?",
"Tl;dr; I made the mistake of thinking you were OP, but since you’re not my comment makes no sense.\n\nMy original comment should instead read as such:\n\nIm pretty sure he was just poking fun at OP’S use of an anachronism. No need to get so mad, amiga.",
"Speak for yourself, he's got mine! \n\nSource: am adult that didn't go to school until 16.",
"Coolest monkey in the Jungle ",
"Nope. He does look like a pretty cool kid.",
"Abs adorable! Really like the eyes. ",
"1998 was 20 years ago...\n\n...fuuucccckkkkk",
"Show me de.....",
"Fuck off",
"such a cute little dude!!",
"Lit",
"Wow. It’s not really the first choice destination for Zimbabweans. How did you end up there?",
"I hung around mebaz and Westgate a great deal!",
"Awwww cutest little charmer ever! ",
"I'm just amazed he's still alive.",
"Mine was just gonna be 'Dapper'. I've been one-upped, and that's fine.",
"1998 wasnt 20 years ago, thats when I was bor....holy shit im already turning 20.",
"GOOD decision. Zimbabwe seems like it *might* get its shit together though. Would you ever return or are you like \"nah\"?",
"You can't say 'colored' bigot. Please privilege check yourself before you wreck yourself.",
"Insensitive. I like it. ",
"Rhodesia*",
"Sorry to hear you had to come from a \"shithole\" country...",
"I'm sure that will end well.",
"U still in that school or what?",
"Oh my gawd! You're ***adorable!!***",
"Aww.. adorable! :)",
"You were absolutely adorable!!!",
"you said it. Deep down people recognize which countries are shitholes."
] | 107 |
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My first school photo in Zimbabwe, and in uniform, 20 years ago this month
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/r/pics/comments/7qxvgq/so_reddit_i_heard_you_like_spooky_bois/
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[
"F A B U L O U S S P O O K Y B O Y E",
"Is that meant to be humerus?",
"It's supposed tibia serious post!",
".",
"It wasn’t well articulated. "
] | 5 |
pics
|
So Reddit, I heard you like Spooky Bois
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/r/pics/comments/7qxwyr/after_melting_some_coconut_oil_it_cooled_into/
|
[
"Steve: We told you not to put coconut oil into the reactor again!",
"Did you melt this in the microwave.... in a plastic bowl? ",
"They are “microwave safe.” I’m not sure how much I trust that claim, but it’s also not for human consumption. "
] | 3 |
pics
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After melting some Coconut Oil, it cooled into this interesting formation.
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http://i.imgur.com/E0H5kX9.jpg
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/r/pics/comments/7qxzxv/behold_new_zealand/
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[
"Its photogenic. They should shoot a movie there. ",
"Nay, a whole trilogy!",
"You mean Middle Earth?"
] | 3 |
pics
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Behold New Zealand
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/r/pics/comments/7qxzyv/we_dont_often_get_a_wicked_fortune/
|
[
"... in bed",
"\"Fortune\" =/= you might be bad",
"Doesn't mistake being surrounded by mediocrity for success. "
] | 3 |
pics
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We don't often get a wicked fortune
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/r/pics/comments/7qy018/an_active_shooter_alarm_in_a_us_high_school_may/
|
[
"Amazing how many schools have the same wall.",
"Funny that you have to hit a button, when there is “24 hour surveillance “ sign right above it",
"im pretty sure thats the administration office so that students may be punished accordingly if falsely pushing the button. Its not police surveillance. ",
"What a time to be alive...",
"Couldn’t the administration push the button then? 😜 I was being facetious in my original post ",
"There’s something called the Shooter Detection System that I use in some of my physical security designs. It consists of sensors strategically placed throughout a campus. When a gunshot is detected the police are automatically notified. It can also relay the caliber and where the shooter is, if they continue to fire. \n\nIt can also trigger a lockdown and or other triggers as desired.[Shooter Detection System](http://shooterdetectionsystems.com/products/guardian/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwsqe8Yje2AIVyLrACh1WTAUgEAAYASAAEgJHF_D_BwE) \n\nEdit: Added link",
"It’s likely concrete filled CMU, it helps prevent bullets from penetrating walls in the event of a school shooting.",
"There are likely many of the same button placed throughout the campus. They probably tie into the schools access control system which relays the alarm to a local PD.",
"When seconds count, help is only minutes away!",
"It truly sucks that this has to exist, but that's a really slick piece of technology. I would love to see their R&D.",
"We design them in office buildings as well, they are very small, most people never notice them."
] | 11 |
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An active shooter alarm in a US High School. May as well be prepared for the worst right?
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/r/pics/comments/7qy0k3/im_with_my_twin_brother_on_new_years_eve_22_years/
|
[
"No offense to you and your brother, but this looks like something straight out of a horror movie.",
"Red Rum",
"Come play with us",
"Thats ok. \"The Shining\" with Jack Nikolson. Twin sisters http://cdn.cnn.com/cnnnext/dam/assets/171019125258-the-shining-twins-full-169.jpg",
"I’m pretty sure I know why Danny was afraid of you. ",
"Serious question. When you look back at pictures from your childhood, can you tell yourselves apart?",
"Is he the one in the dunce cap?",
"I remember how my mother did these costumes.",
"Russia?",
"Yep",
"The world is over folks. Trump has cloned himself ",
"The one on the right is the evil twin, isn't he? ",
"\"Come play with us.\"",
"Haha. Yes, he's my brother.",
"Does he randomly and creepily start saying redrum in the middle of the night with his index finger? (Seriously, you guys look Danny so much)"
] | 15 |
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I'm with my twin brother on New Year's Eve 22 years ago
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/r/pics/comments/7qy10r/when_you_have_a_bad_memory_but_your_partner_has_a/
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[
"Love is...",
"Crunchy",
"If my partner had a serious peanut allergy, I'd think I'd respect them enough to ditch the peanuts completely. \n\nWhat's more important - their safety or my snack? ",
"No kidding. Peanut allergies are usually really severe. Ditch that shit ",
"Very true. I pinched the picture off instagram, unsure of the situation the original poster is in though. Hopefully its not life threatening and more of a joke.",
"I certainly wouldn't have them in the house.",
"That could blow up real quick. ",
"Why not use Sunflower butter instead? I think it tastes better than peanut butter to be honest.",
"I know the person who originally posted this on Instagram. Mostly joke I’m sure",
"I agree, if my SO had a peanut allergy I would just buy her a tent and sleeping bag! /s "
] | 10 |
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When you have a bad memory but your partner has a peanut allergy
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/r/pics/comments/7qy1fv/women_are_the_ultimate_multiplier/
|
[
"Haha, nice! Would love to have this quote framed :)",
"Said by a man, who is part of the Patriarchy, so therefore worthless pandering...... lol",
"What does the average feminist think about this?",
"Not the average, but the most vocal:\n\n\"This cis-hetero !White Male! thinks that women should be relegated to baby makers, home work, and meal preparers. Reeeeeeee\"",
"Send this man to Congress!",
"He died in 1993"
] | 5 |
pics
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Women are the ultimate multiplier
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/r/pics/comments/7qy8gw/i_spent_the_day_hard_at_work_today_but_it_turns/
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[
"Thought cold caused shrinkage",
"One ball is bigger than the other, very realistic. ",
"Where's the banana for scale hermano ",
"“If you built it, they will come”",
"Life's a dick",
"According to some that is a tractor. ",
"Looks like a bicep to me",
"But where did you get the snow from?! The fluffy snow is all still around it? "
] | 9 |
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I spent the day hard at work today, but It turns out my boyfriend and our neighbor accomplished so much more than I did: they built a 9ft tall snowdick.
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/r/pics/comments/7qyapr/finally_got_the_money_shot/
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[
"!dreambot",
"we have very different definitions of money shot",
"I think you need to look up the definition of \"money shot.\"",
"I just googled \"blue dye on waffles\" and I have no image results. What exactly should I be searching for? I'll be back after lunch, my organization is celebrating lemons, and we are having a party.",
"Santa paws",
"You had your cat come in your face?",
"“Karma shot”",
"You must've got him good because I don't see *any* cum",
"cat - clandestine artwork tool",
"Meowny shot",
"Lol, yes,yes you did op! Cute picture made me smile."
] | 11 |
pics
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Finally got the money shot
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/r/pics/comments/7qybsv/pero_were_open/
|
[
"Somebody ran out of letters. ",
"For anyone wondering pero is but in Mexican. ",
"I wonder how Sugars is doing in this cold?",
"Its called spanish...\nThey don’t speak argentinian in argentina, or brazilian in brazil...",
"Dude it was a joke I am Hispanic I know they speak Spanish. "
] | 5 |
pics
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Pero we're open!
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/r/pics/comments/7qycnb/the_fogs_been_a_little_thick_lately/
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[
"This looks like a dream. Easy to focus on the things close around you, but further away hasn't \"loaded\" yet. ",
"run... it's the fog...",
"Nice pic"
] | 3 |
pics
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The fog’s been a little thick lately
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/r/pics/comments/7qycrc/22_years_ago_my_family_was_lucky_enough_to_get_an/
|
[
"Your Gran doesn't look too happy...\n",
"and her mom looks like she's 14 years old. Those 2 things might be related.",
"My mom was 20 years old when she had me. She married young lol. But my parents just celebrated their 23rd anniversary in August so I consider myself pretty lucky.",
"What country and or state is this? Why do the 90’s look like the 80’s where you were born?\n\nSource, teenager during the 90’s. ",
"This was taken in Oklahoma USA. Not sure why you think it was taken during the 80s. Maybe my grandparents weren't in style back then lol. ",
"I too have a 5 generations picture,thanks for sharing, you all look very close and like a family filled with love."
] | 6 |
pics
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22 years ago my family was lucky enough to get an all female photo with 5 generations. Circa 1995, taken a few days after I was born.
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/r/pics/comments/7qydhs/dreams_come_so_come_true_this_homeless_man_slept/
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[
"Smart enough to keep the trees watered. Bravo.",
"Its going to be heart breaking when the city breaks that up",
"It is! Maybe a year ago, all these little houses were taken down all over LA due to it being a fire hazard. It was so sad seeing these people becoming homeless once again."
] | 3 |
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Dreams come so come true! This homeless man slept under the bubble on the left of the picture, dreaming of a house. Now, he has a little log cabin and his very own forest. (I’m not sure if he built it himself or someone else did)
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